Isaiah 14:4-23

4that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, — the exactress of gold ceased!

5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.

6He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

7The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.

8Even the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, [saying,] Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become powerless as we; art thou become like unto us!

11— Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

12How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!

13And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of 1God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;

14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:

15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.

16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, [saying,] Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;

17[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

18— All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house;

19but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain — those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot.

20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial; for thou hast destroyed thy land, hast slain thy people. Of the seed of evildoers no mention shall be made for ever.

21Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22For I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and scion and descendant, saith Jehovah.

23And I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.