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11 Your[a] pomp has been brought down to Sheol,[b]
    along with the noise of your harps.
Maggots are spread out beneath you,
    and worms are your covering.”[c]

The Fall of the Day Star

12 “How you have fallen from heaven,
    Day Star,[d] son of the Dawn![e]
How you have been thrown down to earth,
    you who laid low the nation![f]
13 You said in your heart,
    ‘I’ll ascend to heaven,
        above the stars of God.
I’ll erect my throne;
    I’ll sit[g] on the Mount of Assembly
        in the far reaches of the north;[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:11 1QIsaa reads The; MT LXX lack Your
  2. Isaiah 14:11 I.e. the realm of the dead
  3. Isaiah 14:11 So LXX; MT reads and a worm covers you
  4. Isaiah 14:12 So MT; Vg reads Lucifer
  5. Isaiah 14:12 I.e. Lucifer
  6. Isaiah 14:12 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsae MT read the nations; LXX reads all the nations
  7. Isaiah 14:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and I will sit
  8. Isaiah 14:13 Lit. Zaphon; or the Sacred Mountain

11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(A)
    along with the noise of your harps;(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(C) cover you.(D)

12 How you have fallen(E) from heaven,
    morning star,(F) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(G)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(H) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(I)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(J)
    on the utmost heights(K) of Mount Zaphon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.