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19 But you are cast away from your grave,
    like a repulsive branch,
your clothing is the slain,
    those pierced by the sword;
        those who go down to the Pit.[a]
Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
20 you will not be united[b] with them[c] in burial,
for you have destroyed your land,
    you have slain your people.
People will never mention
    the descendants of those who practice evil again![d]
21 Prepare a massacre for his sons
    because of the guilt of their forefathers!
They are not to rise and inherit the earth,
    and cover[e] the surface of the world with cities.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:19 So 1QIsaa; i.e. to the realm of punishment in the afterlife; LXX reads to Hades; 1QIsaa corrector MT read to the stones of the Pit
  2. Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; Lit. under; MT reads joined
  3. Isaiah 14:20 I.e. with the dead
  4. Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads May the descendants of those who practice of evil never be mentioned again!; LXX reads May you not remain forever, you evil seed!
  5. Isaiah 14:21 Lit. fill