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10 They will all respond to you, Babylon.
The spirits all will ask you,
“Have you also become as weak as we are?
Have you become like us?”

11 Your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
    along with the sound of your harps.
Maggots are spread out beneath you,
and worms cover you.

12 How you have fallen from heaven,
you bright morning star,[a] son of the dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:12 The term morning star here refers to the king of Babylon, but the Latin form of his name, Lucifer, has become a name for Satan.

10 They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”(A)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(B)
    along with the noise of your harps;(C)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(D) cover you.(E)

12 How you have fallen(F) from heaven,
    morning star,(G) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(H)

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