Isaiah 14:3-14

New American Standard Bible

“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.’