Isaiah 14:13-15
Good News Translation
13 (A)You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble. 14 You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty. 15 But instead, you have been brought down to the deepest part of the world of the dead.
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Isaiah 14:13-15
New International Version
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(A) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(B)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(C)
on the utmost heights(D) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(E)
I will make myself like the Most High.”(F)
15 But you are brought down(G) to the realm of the dead,(H)
to the depths(I) of the pit.(J)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
Matthew 11:23
Good News Translation
23 (A)And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today!
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Matthew 11:23
New International Version
23 And you, Capernaum,(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a](B) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead
Genesis 19:24-28
Good News Translation
24 (A)Suddenly the Lord rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 25 and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land. 26 (B)But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood in the presence of the Lord. 28 He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.
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Genesis 19:24-28
New International Version
24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(A) on Sodom and Gomorrah(B)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(C) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(D) and the entire plain,(E) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(F) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(G) and she became a pillar of salt.(H)
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.(I) 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.(J)
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