Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 14:9-31

9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.10They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

12How you have fallen from heaven,O day star,1 son of the dawn!You have been cut down to the ground,O destroyer of nations.13You said in your heart:“I will ascend to the heavens;I will raise my throneabove the stars of God.I will sit on the mount of assembly,in the far reaches of the north.214I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.”

15But you will be brought down to Sheol,to the lowest depths of the Pit.16Those who see you will stare;they will ponder your fate:“Is this the man who shook the earthand made the kingdoms tremble,17who turned the world into a desertand destroyed its cities,who refused to let the captivesreturn to their homes?”

18All the kings of the nations lie in state,each in his own tomb.319But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch,covered by those slain with the sword,and dumped into a rocky pitlike a carcass trampled underfoot.20You will not join them in burial,since you have destroyed your landand slaughtered your own people.The offspring of the wickedwill never again be mentioned.

21Prepare a place to slaughter his sonsfor the iniquities of their forefathers.They will never rise up to possess a landor cover the earth with their cities.22“I will rise up against them,”declares the LORD of Hosts.“I will cut off from Babylonher name and her remnant,her offspring and her posterity,”declares the LORD.23“I will make her a placefor owls and for swamplands;I will sweep her awaywith the broom of destruction,”declares the LORD of Hosts.

24The LORD of Hosts has sworn:

“Surely, as I have planned, so will it be;as I have purposed, so will it stand.25I will break Assyria in My land;I will trample him on My mountain.His yoke will be taken off My people,and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

26This is the plan devised for the whole earth,and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.27The LORD of Hosts has purposed,and who can thwart Him?His hand is outstretched,so who can turn it back?

28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,that the rod that struck you is broken.For a viper will spring from the root of the snake,and a flying serpent from its egg.30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture,and the needy will lie down in safety,but I will kill your root by famine,and your remnant will be slain.

31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city!Melt away, all you Philistines!For a cloud of smoke comes from the north,and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 14:12 Or morning star or shining one or Lucifer ↩
2. Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon or on the heights of Zaphon ↩
3. Isaiah 14:18 Hebrew house ↩

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