How the oppressor^(F) has come to an end!
    How his fury^[a] has ended!
⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(G) of the wicked,^(H)
    the scepter^(I) of the rulers,
⁶ which in anger struck down peoples^(J)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(K) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(L)
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;^(M)
    they break into singing.^(N)
8 Even the junipers^(O) and the cedars of Lebanon
    gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
    no one comes to cut us down.”^(P)

⁹ The realm of the dead^(Q) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed^(R) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders^(S) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.^(T)
10 They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”^(U)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,^(V)
    along with the noise of your harps;^(W)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms^(X) cover you.^(Y)

¹² How you have fallen^(Z) from heaven,
    morning star,^(AA) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(AB)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(AC) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(AD)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(AE)
    on the utmost heights^(AF) of Mount Zaphon.^[b]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(AG)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(AH)
15 But you are brought down^(AI) to the realm of the dead,^(AJ)
    to the depths^(AK) of the pit.^(AL)

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

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

Let the offspring^(AX) of the wicked^(AY)
    never be mentioned^(AZ) again.
²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(BA)
    for the sins of their ancestors;^(BB)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

²² “I will rise up^(BC) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(BD) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,^(BE)”
declares the Lord.
²³ “I will turn her into a place for owls^(BF)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^(BG)”
    declares the Lord Almighty.^(BH)

“Surely, as I have planned,^(BJ) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(BK)
25 I will crush the Assyrian^(BL) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(BM) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(BN)”

²⁶ This is the plan^(BO) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand^(BP) stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^(BQ) and who can thwart him?
    His hand^(BR) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^(BS)

²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(D)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(E)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(F)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy^(G) will lie down in safety.^(H)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(I)
    it will slay^(J) your survivors.^(K)

³¹ Wail,^(L) you gate!^(M) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!^(N)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(O)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(P)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(Q) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(R)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(S)”

Ar^(W) in Moab is ruined,^(X)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir^(Y) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
² Dibon^(Z) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(AA) to weep;
    Moab wails^(AB) over Nebo^(AC) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(AD)
    and every beard cut off.^(AE)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(AF)
    on the roofs^(AG) and in the public squares^(AH)
they all wail,^(AI)
    prostrate with weeping.^(AJ)
4 Heshbon^(AK) and Elealeh^(AL) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(AM)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵ My heart cries out^(AN) over Moab;^(AO)
    her fugitives^(AP) flee as far as Zoar,^(AQ)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(AR)
    they lament their destruction.^(AS)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up^(AT)
    and the grass is withered;^(AU)
the vegetation is gone^(AV)
    and nothing green is left.^(AW)
7 So the wealth they have acquired^(AX) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
⁸ Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
    their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
    their lamentation as far as Beer^(AY) Elim.
⁹ The waters of Dimon^[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon^[b]—
a lion^(AZ) upon the fugitives of Moab^(BA)
    and upon those who remain in the land.