²⁰ “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I ^(A)break nations in pieces;
    with you I destroy kingdoms;
²¹ with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
    with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
²² with you I break in pieces man and woman;
    with you I break in pieces ^(B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces ^(C)the young man and the young woman;
²³     with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
    with you I break in pieces ^(D)governors and commanders.

¹⁶ “Alas, alas, for the great city
    ^(A)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!

¹² “How ^(A)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³ You said in your heart,
    ^(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
^15 (E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
‘Is this ^(F)the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ who made the world like a desert
    and overthrew its cities,
    ^(G)who did not let his prisoners go home?’

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    ^(B)the insolent fury^[a] ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the ^(C)staff of the wicked,
    the ^(D)scepter of rulers,
^6 (E)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.