אֶעֱלֶ֖ה עַל־בָּ֣מֳתֵי עָ֑ב אֶדַּמֶּ֖ה לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃
“Aku akan naik ke atas ketinggian awan-awan, aku akan menjadi sama seperti Yang Mahatinggi.”
Tosefta Sotah
Nebuchadnezzar said, the inhabitants of the earth are unworthy of my dwelling among them. I will make myself a little cloud and I will dwell within it, as it is said (Is. 14:14, Koren tr.), "I will ascend above the heights of the cloud[, I will be like the Most High]." The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him (Is. 14:13), "And you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to Heaven; higher than the stars of God I will raise up my throne, etc.'" [Therefore] I am coming to bring you down to the pit of destruction (cf. Ps. 55:24). What does it say, but (Is. 14:15), "Even unto the underworld (She'ol) will you descend[, to the bottom of the pit]." You said, the inhabitants of the earth are unworthy of my dwelling among them; [therefore it is stated] (Dan. 4:25-30), "You shall be driven from men[, and with the beasts of the field shall you dwell, etc.]," "That very hour [His] word was fulfilled as to Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men," [and] "All this came upon Nebuchadnezzar the king / At the end of twelve months..."