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.

Let the offspring^(AX) of the wicked^(AY)
    never be mentioned^(AZ) again.
²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(BA)
    for the sins of their ancestors;^(BB)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

²² “I will rise up^(BC) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(BD) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,^(BE)”
declares the Lord.
²³ “I will turn her into a place for owls^(BF)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^(BG)”
    declares the Lord Almighty.^(BH)

²⁵ “I am against^(A) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”^(B)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand^(C) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.^(D)

⁴⁴ I will punish Bel^(A) in Babylon
    and make him spew out^(B) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall^(C) of Babylon will fall.