¹² How you have fallen from the heavens,
    O Morning Star,^[a] son of the dawn!
How you have been cut down to the earth,
    you who conquered nations!^(A)
13 In your heart you said:
    “I will scale the heavens;
Above the stars of God^[b]
    I will set up my throne;
I will take my seat on the Mount of Assembly,
    on the heights of Zaphon.^(B)
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
    I will be like the Most High!”^(C)
15 No! Down to Sheol you will be brought
    to the depths of the pit!^(D)
16 When they see you they will stare,
    pondering over you:
“Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms?
¹⁷ Who made the world a wilderness,
    razed its cities,
    and gave captives no release?”
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
    each in his own tomb;^(E)
19 But you are cast forth without burial,
    like loathsome carrion,
Covered with the slain, with those struck by the sword,
    a trampled corpse,
Going down to the very stones of the pit.^(F)
20     You will never be together with them in the grave,
For you have ruined your land,
    you have slain your people!
Let him never be named,
    that offshoot of evil!