Isaiah 14:4-11

⁴that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How the oppressor has ceased,

And how the onslaught has ceased!

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

The scepter of rulers,

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

Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

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

They break forth into shouts of joy.

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

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

9“Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;

It stirs the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth;

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

10“They will all respond and say to you,

‘Even you have become weak as we,

You have become like us.

11‘Your pride 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.’