¹² “How ^(A)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³ You said in your heart,
    ^(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’

“You were the signet of perfection,^{[a]
    (D)}full of wisdom and ^(E)perfect in beauty.
¹³ You were in ^(F)Eden, the garden of God;
    ^(G)every precious stone was your covering,
^(H)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^{[b] (I)}emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.^[c]
(J)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.
¹⁴ You were an anointed ^(K)guardian cherub.
    I placed you;^[d] you were on ^(L)the holy mountain of God;
    in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
    ^(M)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶ In the abundance of ^(N)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^(O)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,^{[e] (P)}O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.
^17 (Q)Your heart was proud because of ^(R)your beauty;
    you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
    I exposed you before kings,
    to feast their eyes on you.
¹⁸ By the multitude of your iniquities,
    in the unrighteousness of your trade
    you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^(S)I brought fire out from your midst;
    it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
    ^(T)in the sight of all who saw you.