“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:”
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north—the revelation of the king's inner thoughts, which express blasphemous ambition to ascend above God and to assume divine prerogatives. The specific references to heaven, the stars of God, and the divine assembly suggest that the king has entertained dreams of divine status. This verse exposes the spiritual roots of political tyranny: the delusion of transcendent power.
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