Isaiah 14:9-15 ▼

9 “Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon]; It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].

10 “All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you, ‘You have become as weak as we are. You have become like us.

11 ‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol, Along with the music of your harps; The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed] And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’

12 “How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]!

13 “But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of assembly In the remote parts of the north.

14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

15 “But [in fact] you will be brought down to Sheol, To the remote recesses of the pit (the region of the dead).