Isaiah 14:3-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

How the oppressor has ceased!
    How his insolence^[a] has ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
    the sceptre of rulers,
⁶ that struck down the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
    they break forth into singing.
⁸ The cypresses exult over you,
    the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
    no one comes to cut us down.’
⁹ Sheol beneath is stirred up
    to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
    all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
    all who were kings of the nations.
¹⁰ All of them will speak
    and say to you:
‘You too have become as weak as we are!
    You have become like us!’
¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
    and the sound of your harps;
maggots are the bed beneath you,
    and worms are your covering.