⁴ Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest^(A) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”^(B)
declares the Lord.^(C)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(A) his house by unjust gain,^(B)
    setting his nest^(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!

⁶ Though the pride^(A) of the godless person reaches to the heavens^(B)
    and his head touches the clouds,^(C)
7 he will perish forever,^(D) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’^(E)

² Though they dig down to the depths below,^(A)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(B)
    from there I will bring them down.^(C)

¹² How you have fallen^(A) from heaven,
    morning star,^(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(F)
    on the utmost heights^(G) of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(I)
15 But you are brought down^(J) to the realm of the dead,^(K)
    to the depths^(L) of the pit.^(M)

⁵³ Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens^(A)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers^(B) against her,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁶ The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.

²⁷ Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?^(A)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
    a rocky crag^(B) is its stronghold.