Isaiah 14:9–20
9 * Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.
He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you—
all the rulers v of the earth.
He makes all the kings of the nations
rise from their thrones.
10 They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!
11 Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”
how you have fallen from the heavens! y
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.
“I will ascend to the heavens; z
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God. a
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North. b c
14 I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the * Most High.”
15 But you will be brought down to Sheol
into the deepest regions of the * Pit. d
16 Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
17 who turned the world into a wilderness, e
who destroyed its cities
and would not release the prisoners to return home?”
18 All the kings of the nations
lie in splendor, each in his own tomb.
19 But you are thrown out without a grave,
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
20 You will not join them in burial,
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered. f