Isaias
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904
5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the the rod of rulers,
6 Which smote peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, ruled over nations in anger with a pursuit that none restrained.
7 The whole earth is at rest, is quiet; they break forth into Singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, (saying,) Since thou hast lain down, the feller cometh not up against us.
9 Hell (from) beneath is disquieted for thee, to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the Shades for thee, all the chief ones of the earth; ’ raiseth from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall answer and say ’unto thee, Thou also art made weak as we ἦ thou art made like unto us!
11 Thy pride is brought down to hell, the noise of thy viols; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worm is thy covering.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the dawn; how art thou hewn down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations!
13 And thou, thou sajdst in thy heart, I will ascend the heavens; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north: