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You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
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The Language of Pride
Commentators unanimously identify the king's inner monologue—'I will ascend... I will exalt... I will sit'—as the ultimate expression of sinful pride. Calvin calls it a 'madness' where one resolves to control their own destiny apart from God. This self-deifying ambition, as Spurgeon notes, is precisely what God opposes and brings to ruin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For thou hast said in thine heart — It was your purpose or design.
I will ascend into heaven — Nothing could…
19th Century
Anglican
I will ascend into heaven. —The boast of the Chaldean king is represented as nothing less than an apotheosis, which they …
Baptist
God hates pride with a perfect hatred. He drives his sword through the very heart of it, and cuts it in pieces. None can be great and mighty, and b…
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16th Century
Protestant
Yet you said in your heart. These words must be connected with what goes before. To say means here, according to the custom of th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you have said in your heart Which shows the pride and haughtiness that were in his heart; and were the cause and…
The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy…
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13th Century
Catholic
409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…
