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:

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation {is} high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top {may reach} unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

It {is} thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Though thou exalt {thyself} as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: