Isaiah 14:3-17

English Standard Version

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    ^(B)the insolent fury^[a] ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the ^(C)staff of the wicked,
    the ^(D)scepter of rulers,
^6 (E)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
    ^(F)they break forth into singing.
^8 (G)(H)The cypresses rejoice at you,
    ^(I)the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
    no woodcutter comes up against us.’
⁹ Sheol beneath is stirred up
    to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
    all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
    all who were kings of the nations.
^10 (J)All of them will answer
    and say to you:
‘You too have become as weak as we!
    You have become like us!’
¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
    the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
    and worms are your covers.

¹² “How ^(K)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(L)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³ You said in your heart,
    ^(M)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(N)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[b]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
^15 (O)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
‘Is this ^(P)the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ who made the world like a desert
    and overthrew its cities,
    ^(Q)who did not let his prisoners go home?’