Isaiah 14:3–11

³And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you ^arest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

⁴that you will ^atake up this ¹taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How ^bthe oppressor has ceased,

And how ²fury has ceased!

⁵“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,

The scepter of rulers

^6aWhich used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,

Which ¹subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

⁷“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;

They ^abreak forth into shouts of joy.

⁸“Even the ^acypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,

‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

⁹“^aSheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;

It arouses for you the ¹spirits of the dead, all the ²leaders of the earth;

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

¹⁰“^aThey will all respond and say to you,

‘Even you have been made weak as we,

You have become like us.

¹¹‘Your ^apomp and the music of your harps

Have been brought down to Sheol;

Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you

And worms are your covering.’