Isaiah 14:3-23

3And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you 1rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 4that you will 2take up this 3taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How 4the oppressor has ceased, And how 5fury has ceased!5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers66Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, Which 7subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.7The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They 8break forth into shouts of joy.8Even the 9cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’910Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the 11spirits of the dead, all the 12leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.1013They will all respond and say to you, ‘Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us.11Your 14pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.’12How you have 15fallen from heaven, O 1617star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!13But you said in your heart, ‘I will 18ascend to heaven; I will 19raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; 20I will make myself like the Most High.’15Nevertheless you 21will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.16Those who see you will gaze at you, They will 22ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,17Who made the world like a 23wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who 24did not 25allow his prisoners to go home?’18All the kings of the nations lie in glory, Each in his own 26tomb.19But you have been 27cast out of your tomb Like 28a rejected branch, 29Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the 30pit Like a 31trampled corpse.20You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the 32offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.21Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the 33iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities.” 22“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon 34name and survivors, 35offspring and posterity,” declares the Lord. 23“I will also make it a possession for the 36hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of 37destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.