Isaiah 14:3–11

The Downfall of the King of Babylon

³And it shall happen on the day Yahweh gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and hard labor which you had to perform,^b

⁴that you will take this taunt against the king of Babylon,

and you will say:

“How the oppressor has ceased!

his insolence^c has ceased.

⁵Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepter of rulers,

⁶that struck the peoples in wrath, a blow without ceasing,

that ruled the nations in anger

with unrestrained persecution.^d

⁷All of the earth rests and is quiet;

they break forth into singing.

⁸Even the cypresses rejoice over you,

the cedars of Lebanon:

‘Since you were laid down,

no wood cutter comes up against us.’

⁹Sheol below is getting excited over you,

to meet you when you come;^e

it arouses the dead spirits for you,

all of the leaders of the earth.

It raises all of the kings of the nations from their thrones.

¹⁰All of them will respond and say to you,

‘You yourself also were made weak like us!

You have become the same as us!’

¹¹Your pride is brought down to Sheol,

and the sound of your harps;

maggots^f are spread out beneath you like a bed,

and your covering is worms.^g