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“The afterlife[a] below is all astir
    to meet you when you arrive;[b]
it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you—
    everyone who used to be world leaders.
It has raised up from their thrones
    all who used to be kings of the nations.
10 In answer, all of them[c] will tell you,
    ‘You’ve also become as weak as we are!
You have become just like us!’
11 Your[d] pomp has been brought down to Sheol,[e]
    along with the noise of your harps.
Maggots are spread out beneath you,
    and worms are your covering.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:9 Lit. Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead
  2. Isaiah 14:9 Lit. at your coming
  3. Isaiah 14:10 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae lacks of them
  4. Isaiah 14:11 1QIsaa reads The; MT LXX lack Your
  5. Isaiah 14:11 I.e. the realm of the dead
  6. Isaiah 14:11 So LXX; MT reads and a worm covers you