Deuteronomy 10:17
Deuteronomy 10:1717For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
JWs accept — "Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords" — as a statement of Jehovah's supreme sovereignty. The title "Lord of lords" is reserved for Jehovah exclusively in its ontological sense, even though it is used in a lesser, delegated sense for human emperors elsewhere (; ).
sets the altitude. "God of gods and Lord of lords" is the title the one true God reserves for himself as supreme over all reality — not a delegated compliment for a favoured king. calls Jesus "King of kings and Lord of lords." elevates the title further: "the Lamb… is Lord of lords and King of kings." The Greek construction in — kyrios kyriōn kai basileus basileōn — is the exact echo of 's Hebrew elohe ha-elohim va-adone ha-adonim. And attaches the same title to the one who "alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light" — language that lives at Jehovah's altitude, not Nebuchadnezzar's. If Jesus bears this title at the altitude, he shares Jehovah's identity.