Isaiah 14:9–15

⁹“King of Babylonia, many people in the grave are really excited

about meeting you when you go down there.

The spirits of the dead get up to welcome you.

At one time all of them were leaders in the world.

They were kings over the nations.

They get up from their thrones.

¹⁰All of them call out to you.

They say,

‘You have become weak, just as we are.

You have become like us.’

¹¹Your grand show of power has been brought down to the grave.

The noise of your harps has come down here along with your power.

Maggots are spread out under you.

Worms cover you.

¹²“King of Babylonia, you thought you were the bright morning star.

But now you have fallen from heaven!

You once brought nations down.

But now you have been thrown down to the earth!

¹³You said in your heart,

‘I will go up to heaven.

I’ll raise my throne

above the stars of God.

I’ll sit as king on the mountain where the gods meet.

I’ll set up my throne on the highest slopes of the sacred mountain.

¹⁴I will rise above the tops of the clouds.

I’ll make myself like the Most High God.’

¹⁵But now you have been brought down to the grave.

You have been thrown into the deepest part of the pit.