23:014:004 That thou shalt take up this proverb against
the king of
Babylon,
and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden
city
ceased!
23:014:005 The lord hath broken the staff of
the wicked, and the sceptre
of
the rulers.
23:014:006 He who smote the people in wrath with a
continual stroke, he
that
ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
hindereth.
23:014:007 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet:
they break forth
into
singing.
23:014:008 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and
the cedars of Lebanon,
saying,
Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against
us.
23:014:009 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to
meet thee at thy
coming:
it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief
ones
of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones
all
the
kings of the nations.
23:014:010 All they shall speak and say unto thee,
Art thou also become
weak
as we? art thou become like unto us?
23:014:011 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave,
and the noise of thy
viols:
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover
thee.
23:014:012 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the
morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken
the nations!
23:014:013 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven,
I
will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I
will sit also
upon
the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north:
23:014:014 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will be like
the
most High.
23:014:015 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,
to the sides of the
pit.
23:014:016 They that see thee shall narrowly look
upon thee, and consider
thee,
saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,
that
did shake kingdoms;
23:014:017 That made the world as a wilderness, and
destroyed the cities
thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners?
23:014:018 All the kings of the nations, even all
of them, lie in glory,
every
one in his own house.
23:014:019 But thou art cast out of thy grave like
an abominable branch,
and
as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through
with
a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as
a
carcase
trodden under feet.
23:014:020 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,
because thou
hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the
seed of
evildoers
shall never be renowned.
23:014:021 Prepare slaughter for his children for
the iniquity of their
fathers;
that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill
the
face of the world with cities.


