¹² How you have fallen^(A) from heaven,
    morning star,^(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(F)
    on the utmost heights^(G) of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(I)
15 But you are brought down^(J) to the realm of the dead,^(K)
    to the depths^(L) of the pit.^(M)

¹⁶ Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:^(N)
“Is this the man who shook^(O) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
¹⁷ the man who made the world a wilderness,^(P)
    who overthrew^(Q) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”^(R)

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.^(S)
19 But you are cast out^(T) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,^(U)
    with those pierced by the sword,^(V)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.^(W)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
²⁰     you will not join them in burial,^(X)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring^(Y) of the wicked^(Z)
    never be mentioned^(AA) again.
²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(AB)
    for the sins of their ancestors;^(AC)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

²² “I will rise up^(AD) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(AE) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,^(AF)”
declares the Lord.
²³ “I will turn her into a place for owls^(AG)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^(AH)”
    declares the Lord Almighty.^(AI)