Isaiah 14:3-11

New International Version

³On the day the Lord gives you relief^(A) from your suffering and turmoil^(B) and from the harsh labor forced on you,^(C) ⁴you 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!
⁵The Lord has broken the rod^(G) of the wicked,^(H)
    the scepter^(I) of the rulers,
⁶which in anger struck down peoples^(J)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(K) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(L)
⁷All the lands are at rest and at peace;^(M)
    they break into singing.^(N)
⁸Even 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)

⁹The 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)
¹⁰They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”^(U)
¹¹All 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)