¹² How you have fallen^(A) from heaven,
    morning star,^(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(F)
    on the utmost heights^(G) of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(I)
15 But you are brought down^(J) to the realm of the dead,^(K)
    to the depths^(L) of the pit.^(M)

¹⁶ Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:^(N)
“Is this the man who shook^(O) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
¹⁷ the man who made the world a wilderness,^(P)
    who overthrew^(Q) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”^(R)

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.^(S)
19 But you are cast out^(T) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,^(U)
    with those pierced by the sword,^(V)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.^(W)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
²⁰     you will not join them in burial,^(X)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring^(Y) of the wicked^(Z)
    never be mentioned^(AA) again.

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^(B)
13 You were in Eden,^(C)
    the garden of God;^(D)
every precious stone^(E) adorned you:
    carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
    topaz, onyx and jasper,
    lapis lazuli, turquoise^(F) and beryl.^[a]
Your settings and mountings^[b] were made of gold;
    on the day you were created they were prepared.^(G)
14 You were anointed^(H) as a guardian cherub,^(I)
    for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
    you walked among the fiery stones.
¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
    from the day you were created
    till wickedness was found in you.
¹⁶ Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence,^(J)
    and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
    and I expelled you, guardian cherub,^(K)
    from among the fiery stones.
¹⁷ Your heart became proud^(L)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.^(M)
18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire^(N) come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes^(O) on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.^(P)
19 All the nations who knew you
    are appalled^(Q) at you;
you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.^(R)’”

“Now have come the salvation^(J) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,^(K)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.
¹¹ They triumphed over^(L) him
    by the blood of the Lamb^(M)
    and by the word of their testimony;^(N)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.^(O)
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens^(P)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe^(Q) to the earth and the sea,^(R)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”