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Isaiah 14:3-11
New International Version
Isaiah 14:3-11
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
Isaiah 14:3-11
King James Version
Isaiah 14:3-11
King James Version
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
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