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Isaiah 14:12-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 14:12-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 Shining morning star,[a](A)
how you have fallen from the heavens!(B)
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.
13 You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;(C)
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.(D)
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.[b](E)
14 I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 But you will be brought down to Sheol
into the deepest regions of the Pit.(F)
16 Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
17 who turned the world into a wilderness,(G)
who destroyed its cities
and would not release the prisoners to return home?”
18 All the kings of the nations
lie in splendor, each in his own tomb.
19 But you are thrown out without a grave,
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
20 You will not join them in burial,
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.(H)
21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons,
because of the iniquity(I) of their fathers.
They will never rise up to possess a land
or fill the surface of the earth with cities.
22 “I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity”—this is the Lord’s declaration. 23 “I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls,[c] and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Assyria Will Be Destroyed
24 The Lord of Hosts has sworn:
As I have purposed, so it will be;
as I have planned it, so it will happen.(J)
25 I will break Assyria(K) in My land;
I will tread him down on My mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:12 Or Day Star, son of the dawn
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of Zaphon
- Isaiah 14:23 Or hedgehogs
Isaiah 14:12-25
New International Version
Isaiah 14:12-25
New International Version
12 How you have fallen(A) from heaven,
morning star,(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!(C)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(E)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(F)
on the utmost heights(G) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(H)
I will make myself like the Most High.”(I)
15 But you are brought down(J) to the realm of the dead,(K)
to the depths(L) of the pit.(M)
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:(N)
“Is this the man who shook(O) the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(P)
who overthrew(Q) its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”(R)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.(S)
19 But you are cast out(T) of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(U)
with those pierced by the sword,(V)
those who descend to the stones of the pit.(W)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,(X)
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring(Y) of the wicked(Z)
never be mentioned(AA) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(AB)
for the sins of their ancestors;(AC)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22 “I will rise up(AD) against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(AE) and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,(AF)”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(AG)
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(AH)”
declares the Lord Almighty.(AI)
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(AJ)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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