Isaiah 14:3–11

³On the day the Lord gives you relief^m from your suffering and turmoilⁿ and from the harsh labor forced on you,^{o 4}you will take up this taunt^p against the king of Babylon:^q

How the oppressor^r has come to an end!

How his fury^a has ended!

⁵The Lord has broken the rod^s of the wicked,^t

the scepter^u of the rulers,

⁶which in anger struck down peoples^v

with unceasing blows,

and in fury subdued^w nations

with relentless aggression.^x

⁷All the lands are at rest and at peace;^y

they break into singing.^z

⁸Even the junipers^a and the cedars of Lebanon

gloat over you and say,

“Now that you have been laid low,

no one comes to cut us down.”^b

⁹The realm of the dead^c below is all astir

to meet you at your coming;

it rouses the spirits of the departed^d to greet you—

all those who were leaders^e in the world;

it makes them rise from their thrones—

all those who were kings over the nations.^f

¹⁰They will all respond,

they will say to you,

“You also have become weak, as we are;

you have become like us.”^g

¹¹All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,^h

along with the noise of your harps;ⁱ

maggots are spread out beneath you

and worms^j cover you.^k