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11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
    the sound of your harps;
maggots are the bed beneath you,
    and worms are your covering.

12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
    ‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far north;

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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.