Chapter 14 answers another question: What happens after Babylon falls? God says Israel will eventually return from exile. That happened when Cyrus of Persia allowed the Jews to go home (Ezra 1). So Isaiah moves from judgment to restoration. God’s judgment is never His final word for His covenant people.

The king says: I will ascend. I will raise my throne. I will sit. I will ascend. I will make myself like the Most High. Pride and self-exaltation is dangerous. His goal is to replace God.