18 “All the kings of the nations,
All of them, sleep in glory,
Everyone in his own house;
19 But you are cast out of your grave
Like an [a]abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
[b]Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:19 despised
  2. Isaiah 14:19 Pierced

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.(A)
19 But you are cast out(B) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(C)
    with those pierced by the sword,(D)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.(E)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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