Isaiah 14:4–25

⁴that thou shalt ^htake up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say,

How hath the oppressor ceased! the ⁱgolden city ceased!

⁵The Lord hath broken ^kthe staff ^lof the wicked, and ^klthe sceptre of the rulers.

⁶He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,

He that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

⁷The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: ^mthey break forth into singing.

⁸ⁿYea, ^othe fir trees rejoice at thee, and ^opthe cedars of Lebanon, saying,

Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

^9qHell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:

It stirreth up ^rthe dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;

It hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

¹⁰All they shall ^sspeak and say unto thee,

Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

¹¹Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy ^tviols:

^uThe worm ^vis spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

^12wHow art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, ^xson of the morning!

How art thou ^ycut down to the ground, which didst ^zweaken the nations!

¹³For thou hast said in thine heart, ^aI will ascend into heaven,

^bI will exalt my throne above the stars of God:

I will sit also upon ^cthe mount of the congregation, in ^dthe sides of the north:

^14bI will ascend above the heights of the clouds; ^eI will be like the most High.

¹⁵Yet ^fthou shalt be brought down to hell, to ^gthe sides of the pit.

¹⁶They that see thee shall ^hnarrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying,

Is this the man that ⁱmade the earth to tremble, that ⁱdid shake kingdoms;

¹⁷That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;

That opened not the house of his prisoners?

¹⁸All the kings of the nations, even all of them,

Lie in glory, every one ^kin his own house.

¹⁹But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,

And as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword,

That go down to ^gthe stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

^20lThou shalt not be joined with them in burial,

Because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people:

^mThe seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

²¹Prepare slaughter for his children ⁿfor the iniquity of their fathers;

^oThat they do not rise, nor possess the land,

Nor fill the face of the world with cities.

²²For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts,

And cut off from Babylon ^pthe name, and ^qremnant,

And ^rson, and ^rsnephew, saith the Lord.

²³I will also make it a possession for ^tthe bittern, and pools of water:

And I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

²⁴The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying,

Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass;

And as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

^25uThat I will break the Assyrian in my land,

And upon my mountains tread him under foot:

Then shall his ^vyoke depart from off them,

And ^whis ^vburden depart from off their shoulders.