10 All they shall cry and say unto thee, Art thou become weak also as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of the viols: the worm [a]is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O [b]Lucifer, son of the morning? and cut down to the ground, which didst cast lots upon the nations?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:11 Instead of thy costly carpets and coverings.
  2. Isaiah 14:12 Thou that thoughtest thyself most glorious, and as it were placed in the heaven: for the morning star that goeth before the sun, is called Lucifer, to whom Nebuchadnezzar is compared.

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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