And youוְאַתָּהsaidאָמַרְתָּin your heart,בִלְבָבְךָ‘To the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםI will ascend;אֶעֱלֶהaboveמִמַּעַלthe starsלְכוֹכְבֵיof ElאֵלI will raiseאָרִיםmy throne,כִּסְאִיand I will sitוְאֵשֵׁבon the mountבְּהַרof meeting,מוֹעֵדin the far reachesבְּיַרְכְּתֵיof the north;צָפוֹן
Allusion · Matthew 11:23
Go to Matthew 11:23Both texts speak of going up to heaven and being brought down to the place of the dead: in Isaiah, the king of Babylon (“you will be brought down to Sheol”); in Matthew, Capernaum (“to Hades”).
They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.
- שָּׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανοῦouranouG3772“heavens”
- תּוּרָדturadH3381καταβήσῃkatabēsēiG2597“go down, descend”
- שְׁאוֹלsheolH7585ᾅδουhaidouG86“Sheol (place of the dead)”