There are three strophes in praise of the name of the goddess, beginning with the announcement of the seven names of the deity, after this fashion:
My first name is I am Ishtar
My second name is Lady of the lands
My third name is The lofty one who causes the heavens to tremble, the earth to quake;
My fourth name is Flaming fire.
The last and twenty-third strophe is almost identical with the first strophe, in obedience to the same instinct or artistic principle, which causes the Hebrew hymn of praise to return in its conclusion to the opening call to praise:
Who is equal to me me?
Who is comparable to me me?
I am Ishtar I
Small and great I uproot, I lay low.