Hell beneath is moved for thee to [a]meet thee at thy coming, raising up the dead for thee, even all the princes of the earth, and hath raised from their thrones all the Kings of the nations.

10 All they shall cry and say unto thee, Art thou become weak also as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of the viols: the worm [b]is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:9 As though they feared, lest thou shouldest trouble the dead, as thou didst the living: and here he derideth the proud tyranny of the wicked, which know not that all creatures wish their destruction, that they may rejoice.
  2. Isaiah 14:11 Instead of thy costly carpets and coverings.

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