Isaiah 14:4-17 Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end?

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end? ⁵ Doubtless the LORD hath broken the staff of the ungodly, and the scepter of the lordly. ⁶ Which when he is wroth, smiteth the people with durable strokes, and in his wonders he persecuteth them, and tameth them continually. ⁷ And therefore the whole world is at rest and quietness, and men sing for joy. ⁸ Yea even the fir trees and Cedars of Lebanon rejoice at thy fall, saying, 'Now that thou art laid down, there come no more up to destroy us.' ⁹ Hell also trembleth at thy coming; all mighty men and princes of the earth step forth before thee. All kings of the earth stand up from their seats, ¹⁰ that they may all - one after another - sing and speak unto thee. Art thou wounded also as we? Art thou become like unto us? ¹¹ Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering. ¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, thou fair morning child! How hast thou gotten a fall, even to the ground; thou that didst subdue the people? ¹³ For thou thoughtest in thine heart, "I will climb up into heaven, and make my seat above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the holy mount toward the North; ¹⁴ I will climb up above the clouds; and will be like the highest of all." ¹⁵ Yet dare I say, that thou shalt be brought down to the deep of hell. ¹⁶ They that seek thee, shall narrowly look upon thee, and think in themselves, saying, "Is this the man, that brought all lands in fear, and made the kingdoms afraid? ¹⁷ Is this he that made the world in a manner waste, and laid the cities to the ground, which let not his prisoners go home?"