11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’

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;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:12 Lit. Day Star

11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(A)
    along with the noise of your harps;(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(C) cover you.(D)

12 How you have fallen(E) from heaven,
    morning star,(F) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(G)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(H) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(I)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(J)
    on the utmost heights(K) of Mount Zaphon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.