Verse 13
13. Ascend into heaven Or, I will climb the heaven. Perhaps an allusion to the old time tower of Babel. Genesis 11:4.
Above the stars of God The Babylonians connected the several constellations with minor kingdoms over which they claimed dominion.
Mount of the congregation Two interpretations have been given to these words. One is, that the mountains of Jerusalem are meant, and that the great eastern world-kingdom strove long to make there its dominion complete. The other is, a reputed widespread eastern notion of a very high mountain in the far north, where gods were believed to reside, as in northern Greece they were thought to have their abode on Mount Olympus. The one makes the words to come as the prophet’s own; the other, as quoted (not endorsed) by the prophet as from the king’s mouth. The latter accords with facts of the Eastern theology as found in the old Zend books, and may be the true explanation. And it more easily explains the remaining words of the verse.
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