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Isaiah 14:3-21
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 14:3-21
New American Standard Bible
3 And it will be on the day when the Lord gives you (A)rest from your hardship, your turmoil, and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 4 that you will (B)take up this [a]taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How (C)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the [b]onslaught has ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers,
6 (D)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which [c]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They (E)break forth into shouts of joy.
8 Even the (F)juniper trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you have been laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
9 (G)Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the [d]spirits of the dead for you, all the [e]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 (H)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have become weak as we,
You have become like us.
11 Your (I)pride 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.’
12 How you have (J)fallen from heaven,
You [f](K)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who defeated the nations!
13 But you said in your heart,
‘I will (L)ascend to heaven;
I will (M)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
(N)I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 Nevertheless you (O)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
16 Those who see you will stare at you,
They will [g]closely examine you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world like a (P)wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who (Q)did not [h]allow his prisoners to go home?’
18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own [i]tomb.
19 But you have been (R)hurled out of your tomb
Like [j]a rejected branch,
[k]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the (S)pit
Like a (T)trampled corpse.
20 You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the (U)descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.
21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
Because of the (V)wrongdoing of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth,
And fill the surface of the world with cities.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:4 Or proverb
- Isaiah 14:4 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT uncertain
- Isaiah 14:6 Or ruled
- Isaiah 14:9 Or shades (Heb Repha’im)
- Isaiah 14:9 Lit male goats
- Isaiah 14:12 Heb Helel; i.e., shining one
- Isaiah 14:16 Lit show themselves attentive to
- Isaiah 14:17 Lit open
- Isaiah 14:18 Lit house
- Isaiah 14:19 Lit an abhorred branch
- Isaiah 14:19 Or As the clothing of those who are slain
Isaiah 14:3-21
New International Version
Isaiah 14:3-21
New International Version
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief(A) from your suffering and turmoil(B) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(C) 4 you will take up this taunt(D) against the king of Babylon:(E)
How the oppressor(F) has come to an end!
How his fury[a] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod(G) of the wicked,(H)
the scepter(I) of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples(J)
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(K) nations
with relentless aggression.(L)
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;(M)
they break into singing.(N)
8 Even the junipers(O) and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”(P)
9 The realm of the dead(Q) below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(R) to greet you—
all those who were leaders(S) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.(T)
10 They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”(U)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(V)
along with the noise of your harps;(W)
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms(X) cover you.(Y)
12 How you have fallen(Z) from heaven,
morning star,(AA) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!(AB)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(AC) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(AD)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(AE)
on the utmost heights(AF) of Mount Zaphon.[b]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(AG)
I will make myself like the Most High.”(AH)
15 But you are brought down(AI) to the realm of the dead,(AJ)
to the depths(AK) of the pit.(AL)
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:(AM)
“Is this the man who shook(AN) the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(AO)
who overthrew(AP) its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”(AQ)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.(AR)
19 But you are cast out(AS) of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(AT)
with those pierced by the sword,(AU)
those who descend to the stones of the pit.(AV)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,(AW)
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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