Isaiah 14
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Isaiah 14:9-17

9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.

10All of them will answer and say to you: 'You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!'

11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.

12"How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!

13You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;

14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

15But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.

16Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,

17who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'

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