Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:13 
Context“I will climb up to the sky.
Above the stars of El 2
I will set up my throne.
I will rule on the mountain of assembly
on the remote slopes of Zaphon. 3
Isaiah 44:6
Context44:6 This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,
their protector, 4 the Lord who commands armies:
“I am the first and I am the last,
there is no God but me.
Isaiah 45:5
Context45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, 5
there is no God but me.
I arm you for battle, 6 even though you do not recognize 7 me.
Isaiah 51:15
Context51:15 I am the Lord your God,
who churns up the sea so that its waves surge.
The Lord who commands armies is his name!
Isaiah 61:2
Context61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance, 8
to console all who mourn,
1 tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”
2 sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.
3 sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.
4 tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
5 tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.
6 tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).
7 tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”
8 tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.
