¹² “How you have fallen from heaven,
O ^[a]star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
¹³ “But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
¹⁴ ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
¹⁵ “Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
¹⁶ “Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ^[b]ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not ^[c]allow his prisoners to go home?’
¹⁸ “All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own ^[d]tomb.
¹⁹ “But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like ^[e]a rejected branch,
^[f]Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.
²⁰ “You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

“You ^[a]had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³ “You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your ^[b]settings and ^[c]sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
¹⁴ “You were the anointed cherub who ^[d]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁵ “You were blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶ “By the abundance of your trade
^[e]You were internally filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O ^[f]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷ “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before kings,
That they may see you.
¹⁸ “By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
¹⁹ “All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become ^[g]terrified
And you will cease to be forever.”’”