Isaiah 14:9-15 ▼

9 |The afterlife below is all astir to meet you when you arrive; it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you— everyone who used to be world leaders. It has raised up from their thrones all who used to be kings of the nations.

10 In answer, all of them will tell you, 'You've also become as weak as we are! You have become just like us!'

11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering.|

12 |How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star, son of the Dawn! How you have been thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation!

13 You said in your heart, 'I'll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I'll erect my throne; I'll sit on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;

14 I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'

15 But you are brought down to join the dead, to the far reaches of the Pit.