14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(A)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (B)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [a]lowest depths of the Pit.

16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(A)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(B)
15 But you are brought down(C) to the realm of the dead,(D)
    to the depths(E) of the pit.(F)

16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(G)
“Is this the man who shook(H) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,

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