Isaiah 14

Legacy Standard Bible

“How ^(H)the taskmaster has ceased,
And how ^[d]fury has ceased!
⁵ Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
^6 (I)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(J)break forth into shouts of joy.
⁸ Even the ^(K)cypress trees are glad over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
^9 (L)Sheol from beneath trembles excitedly over you to meet you when you come;
It wakens for you the ^[e]spirits of the dead, all the ^[f]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
^10 (M)They will all answer and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.
¹¹ Your ^(N)pride and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
¹² How you have ^(O)fallen from heaven,
O ^[g](P)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
¹³ But you said in your heart,
‘I will ^(Q)ascend to heaven;
I will ^(R)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
^(S)I will make myself like the Most High.’
¹⁵ Nevertheless you ^(T)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ^[h]carefully consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who caused kingdoms to quake,
¹⁷ Who made the world like a ^(U)wilderness
And pulled down its cities,
Who ^(V)did not ^[i]allow his prisoners to go home?’
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own ^[j]place.
¹⁹ But you have been ^(W)cast out of your grave
Like an abhorred branch,
^[k]Clothed with those killed who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the ^(X)pit
Like a ^(Y)trampled corpse.
²⁰ You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the ^(Z)seed of evildoers not be called upon forever.
²¹ Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the ^(AA)iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

²⁹ “Do not be glad, O ^(AN)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that ^(AO)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a ^(AP)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a ^(AQ)flying fiery serpent.
^30 [n]And the foremost ^(AR)of the poor will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will put to death your root with ^(AS)famine,
And it will kill off your remnant.
³¹ Wail, O ^(AT)gate; cry, O city;
^[o]Melt away, O ^(AU)Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the ^(AV)north,
And ^(AW)there is no straggler in his ranks.
³² How then will one answer the ^(AX)messengers of the nation?
That ^(AY)Yahweh has founded Zion,
And ^(AZ)the afflicted of His people will take refuge in it.”