Isaiah 14:9-15 ▼

9 The nether-world from beneath is moved for thee To meet thee at thy coming; The shades are stirred up for thee, Even all the chief ones of the earth; All the kings of the nations Are raised up from their thrones.

10 All they do answer And say unto thee: 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, And the noise of thy psalteries; The maggot is spread under thee, And the worms cover thee.'

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, That didst cast lots over the nations!

13 And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, Above the stars of God Will I exalt my throne, And I will sit upon the mount of meeting, In the uttermost parts of the north;

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to the nether-world, To the uttermost parts of the pit.