12 How you have fallenl from heaven,

morning star,m son of the dawn!

You have been cast down to the earth,

you who once laid low the nations!n

13 You said in your heart,

“I will ascendo to the heavens;

I will raise my thronep

above the stars of God;

I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,q

on the utmost heightsr of Mount Zaphon.b

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;s

I will make myself like the Most High.”t

15 But you are brought downu to the realm of the dead,v

to the depthsw of the pit.x

16 Those who see you stare at you,

they ponder your fate:y

“Is this the man who shookz the earth

and made kingdoms tremble,

17 the man who made the world a wilderness,a

who overthrewb its cities

and would not let his captives go home?”c

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,

each in his own tomb.d