rsv Isaiah:14:3-11
rsv@Isaiah:14:3 @ When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
rsv@Isaiah:14:4 @ you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
rsv@Isaiah:14:5 @ The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
rsv@Isaiah:14:6 @ that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
rsv@Isaiah:14:7 @ The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
rsv@Isaiah:14:8 @ The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, `Since you were laid low, no hewer comes up against us.'
rsv@Isaiah:14:9 @ Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come, it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
rsv@Isaiah:14:10 @ All of them will speak and say to you: `You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!'
rsv@Isaiah:14:11 @ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.