⁵³ Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
    and though she should fortify her strong height,
from me destroyers would come upon her,
    says the Lord.^(A)

¹⁶ The terror you inspire
    and the pride of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,^[a]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,
            says the Lord.^(A)

³ Your proud heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rock,^[a]
    whose dwelling is in the heights.
You say in your heart,
    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”^(A)
4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
    though your nest is set among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,
            says the Lord.^(B)

⁸ If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.^(A)
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.^(B)

⁴ And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
    for harm and not for good.^(A)

⁹ I made it beautiful
    with its mass of branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
    that were in the garden of God.