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Isaiah 14:9-20 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. The world of the deadeagerly waits for you.With great excitement,the spirits of ancient rulershear about your coming.

10. Each one of them will say,“Now you are just as weakas any of us!

11. Your pride and your musichave ended herein the world of the dead.Worms are your blanket,maggots are your bed.”

12. You, the bright morning star,have fallen from the sky!You brought down other nations;now you are brought down.

13. You said to yourself,“I'll climb to heavenand place my throneabove the highest stars.I'll sit there with the godsfar away in the north.

14. I'll be above the clouds,just like God Most High.”

15. But now you are deepin the world of the dead.

16. Those who see you will stareand wonder, “Is this the manwho made the world trembleand shook up kingdoms?

17. Did he capture every cityand make earth a desert?Is he the one who refusedto let prisoners go home?”

18. When kings die, they are buriedin glorious tombs.

19. But you will be left unburied,just another dead bodylying underfootlike a broken branch.You will be one of manykilled in battle and gone downto the deep rocky pit.

20. You won't be buried with kings;you ruined your countryand murdered your people.You evil monster!We hope that your familywill be forgotten for ever.

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