Yesaya 2:11

2:11 Proud men will be brought low,

arrogant men will be humiliated; ¹ 

the Lord alone will be exalted ² 

in that day.

Yesaya 14:13-14

14:13 You said to yourself, ³ 

“I will climb up to the sky.

Above the stars of El ⁴ 

I will set up my throne.

I will rule on the mountain of assembly

on the remote slopes of Zaphon. ⁵ 

14:14 I will climb up to the tops ⁶  of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High!” ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and the eyes of the pride of men will be brought low, and the arrogance of men will be brought down.” The repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.

[2:11]  ² tn Or “elevated”; CEV “honored.”

[14:13]  ³ tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”

[14:13]  ⁴ sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.

[14:13]  ⁵ sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.

[14:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the high places.” This word often refers to the high places where pagan worship was conducted, but here it probably refers to the “backs” or tops of the clouds. See HALOT 136 s.v. בָּמָה.

[14:14]  ⁷ sn Normally in the OT the title “Most High” belongs to the God of Israel, but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong, it probably refers to the Canaanite high god El.