Isaiah 14:3–11

³And it hath come to pass, In the day of Jehovah’s giving rest to thee, From thy grief, and from thy trouble, And from the sharp bondage, That hath been served upon thee,

⁴That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased, ⁵Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers. ⁶He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint! ⁷At rest—quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth into singing. ⁸Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon—saying: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us. ⁹Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations. ¹⁰All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like! ¹¹Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.