Isaiah 14:12–17

12 Shining morning star,B,a

how you have fallen from the heavens!b

You destroyer of nations,

you have been cut down to the ground.

13 You said to yourself,

“I will ascend to the heavens;c

I will set up my throne

above the stars of God.d

I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,

in the remotest parts of the North.C,e

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.f

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,g

who destroyed its cities

and would not release the prisoners to return home?”