12 Shining morning star, w x

how you have fallen from the heavens! y

You destroyer of nations,

you have been cut down to the ground.

13 You said to yourself:

“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?”