Isaiah 14:4-11

Mercy on Jacob

⁴that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: “How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!

⁵The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;

⁶He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders.

⁷The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing.

⁸Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, ‘Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.’

⁹“Hellfrom beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.

¹⁰They all shall speak and say to you: ‘Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?

¹¹Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.’

The Fall of Lucifer