Isaiah 14:4-11

Darby Translation

⁴ that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased,—the exactress of gold ceased!

⁵ Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.

⁶ He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

⁷ The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.

⁸ Even the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, [saying,] Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

⁹ Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

¹⁰ All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become powerless as we; art thou become like unto us!

¹¹ —Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.