Isaiah 14:12-20
New King James Version
The Fall of Lucifer
12 “How(A) you are fallen from heaven,
O [a]Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
(B)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(C)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (D)mount of the congregation
(E)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(F)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (G)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [b]lowest depths of the Pit.
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who [c]did not open the house of his prisoners?’
18 “All the kings of the nations,
All of them, sleep in glory,
Everyone in his own house;
19 But you are cast out of your grave
Like an [d]abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
[e]Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
20 You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
(H)The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:12 Lit. Day Star
- Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses
- Isaiah 14:17 Would not release
- Isaiah 14:19 despised
- Isaiah 14:19 Pierced
Isaiah 14:12-20
New International Version
12 How you have fallen(A) from heaven,
morning star,(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!(C)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(E)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(F)
on the utmost heights(G) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(H)
I will make myself like the Most High.”(I)
15 But you are brought down(J) to the realm of the dead,(K)
to the depths(L) of the pit.(M)
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:(N)
“Is this the man who shook(O) the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(P)
who overthrew(Q) its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”(R)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.(S)
19 But you are cast out(T) of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(U)
with those pierced by the sword,(V)
those who descend to the stones of the pit.(W)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,(X)
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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