Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 14:9-31

9SheolH7585 beneathH8478 is eagerH7264 to 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 nationsH1471 riseH6965 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 H8478 and wormsH8438 your blanketH4374.

12HowH349 you have fallenH5307 from heavenH8064,O day starH1966,1 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 northH6828.214I 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 tombH1004.319But 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.

24The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 H559 has swornH7650:

“SurelyH518 H3808, asH834 I have plannedH1819, soH3651 will it beH1961;asH834 I have purposedH3289 H1931, so will it standH6965.25I will breakH7665 AssyriaH804 in My landH776;I will trample himH947 onH5921 My mountainH2022.His yokeH5923 will be takenH5493 offH5921 My people,and his burdenH5448 removedH5493 fromH5921 their shouldersH7926.”

26ThisH2063 is the planH6098 devisedH3289 forH5921 the wholeH3605 earthH776,and thisH2063 is the handH3027 stretched outH5186 overH5921 allH3605 the nationsH1471.27 The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 has purposedH3289,and whoH4310 can thwart HimH6565?His handH3027 is outstretchedH5186,so whoH4310 can turn it backH7725?

28In the yearH8141 that KingH4428 AhazH271 diedH4194, thisH2088 burdenH4853 was receivedH1961:

29Do notH408 rejoiceH8055, allH3605 you PhilistinesH6429,thatH3588 the rodH7626 that struck youH5221 is brokenH7665.ForH3588 a viperH6848 will springH3318 from the rootH8328 of the snakeH5175,and a flyingH5774 serpentH8314 from its eggH6529.30Then the firstbornH1060 of the poorH1800 will find pastureH7462,and the needyH34 will lie downH7257 in safetyH983,but I will killH4191 your rootH8328 by famineH7458,and your remnantH7611 will be slainH2026.

31WailH3213, O gateH8179! Cry outH2199, O cityH5892!Melt awayH4127, allH3605 you PhilistinesH6429!ForH3588 a cloud of smokeH6227 comesH935 from the northH6828,and there are noH369 stragglersH909 in its ranksH4151.

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 ↩