36 “And the king will actually do according to his own will,* and he will exalt himself and magnify himself* above every god;*+ and against the God of gods*+ he will speak marvelous things. And he will certainly prove successful until [the] denunciation will have come to a finish;+ because the thing decided upon must be done.

5 For even though there are those who are called “gods,”+ whether in heaven+ or on earth,+ just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,”+