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: