Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 14:4-23

4you will singH5375 thisH2088 song of contemptH4912 againstH5921 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 :

HowH349 the oppressorH5065 has ceasedH7673,and how his furyH4062 1 has endedH7673!5The LORDH3068 has brokenH7665 the staffH4294 of the wickedH7563,the scepterH7626 of the rulersH4910.6It struckH5221 the peoplesH5971 in angerH5678with unceasingH1115 H5627 blowsH4347;it subduedH7287 the nationsH1471 in rageH639with relentlessH1097 H2820 persecutionH4783.7AllH3605 the earthH776 is at peaceH8252 and at restH5117;they break outH6476 in songH7440.8EvenH1571 the cypressesH1265 2 and cedarsH730 of LebanonH3844exultH8055 over you:“SinceH227 you have been laid lowH7901,noH3808 woodcutterH3772 comesH5927 against usH5921.”

9SheolH7585 beneathH8478 is eagerH7264to meetH7122 you upon your arrivalH935.It stirsH5782 the spirits of the deadH7496 to greet you—allH3605 the rulersH6260 of the earthH776.It makes allH3605 the kingsH4428 of the nationsH1471riseH6965 from their thronesH3678.10They will allH3605 respondH6030 to youH413, sayingH559,“YouH859 tooH1571 have become weakH2470, asH3644 we areH413;you have become like usH4911!”11Your pompH1347 has been brought downH3381 to SheolH7585,along with the musicH1998 of your harpsH5035.MaggotsH7415 are your bedH3331 H8478and wormsH8438 your blanketH4374.

12HowH349 you have fallenH5307 from heavenH8064,O day starH1966,3 sonH1121 of the dawnH7837!You have been cut downH1438 to the groundH776,O destroyerH2522 ofH5921 nationsH1471.13YouH859 saidH559 in your heartH3824:“I will ascendH5927 to the heavensH8064;I will raiseH7311 my throneH3678aboveH4605 the starsH3556 of GodH410.I will sitH3427 on the mountH2022 of assemblyH4150,in the far reachesH3411 of the northH6828.414I will ascendH5927 aboveH5921 the topsH1116 of the cloudsH5645;I will make myself likeH1819 the Most HighH5945.”

15ButH389 you will be brought downH3381 toH413 SheolH7585,toH413 the lowest depthsH3411 of the PitH953.16Those who see youH7200 will stareH7688 ;they will ponderH995 your fateH413:“Is thisH2088 the manH376 who shookH7264 the earthH776and made the kingdomsH4467 trembleH7493,17who turnedH7760 the worldH8398 into a desertH4057and destroyedH2040 its citiesH5892,who refusedH3808 to letH6605 the captivesH615return to their homesH1004?”

18AllH3605 the kingsH4428 of the nationsH1471 H3605 lieH7901 in stateH3519,eachH376 in his own tombH1004.519But youH859 are cast outH7993 of your graveH6913 like a rejectedH8581 branchH5342,coveredH3830 by those slainH2026 H2944 with the swordH2719,and dumpedH3381 intoH413 a rockyH68 pitH953like a carcassH6297 trampled underfootH947.20You will notH3808 join themH3161 H854 in burialH6900,sinceH3588 you have destroyedH7843 your landH776and slaughteredH2026 your own peopleH5971.The offspringH2233 of the wickedH7489will never againH3808 H5769 be mentionedH7121.

21PrepareH3559 a place to slaughterH4293 his sonsH1121for the iniquitiesH5771 of their forefathersH1.They will neverH1077 rise upH6965 to possessH3423 a landH776or coverH6440 the earthH8398 with theirH4390 citiesH5892.22“I will rise upH6965 against themH5921,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635.“I will cut offH3772 from BabylonH894her nameH8034 and her remnantH7605,her offspringH5209 and her posterityH5220,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.23“I will make herH7760 a placeH4180for owlsH7090 and for swamplandsH98 H4325;I will sweep her awayH2894with the broomH4292 of destructionH8045,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635.

Notes

1. Isaiah 14:4 DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT the golden city ↩
2. Isaiah 14:8 Or pines or junipers or firs ↩
3. Isaiah 14:12 Or morning star or shining one or Lucifer ↩
4. Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon or on the heights of Zaphon ↩
5. Isaiah 14:18 Hebrew house ↩