13. Thou who said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; upon high next to the stars of God I will exalt my throne: and I will sit upon the mount of the testimony and in the sides of the north;
14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15. Yet thou shalt be cast down to Sheol, to the sides of the pit.
16. Those that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble; that shook the kingdoms;
17. that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof; that did not open the prison to his prisoners?
18. All the kings of the Gentiles, even all of them, lie in glory, each one in his own house.
19. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that went down to the bottom of the pit, as a carcase trodden under feet.
20. Thou shalt not be numbered with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evildoers shall not be forever.
21. Prepare slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22. For I will rise up upon them, saith the Lord of the hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant and son and nephew, saith the Lord.
23. I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water, and I will sweep it with brooms of destruction, saith the Lord of the hosts.
24. The Lord of the hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25. That I will break the Assyrian in my land and upon my mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26. This is the counsel that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the Gentiles.
27. For the Lord of the hosts has purposed, and who shall disannul it? His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28. In the year that King Ahaz died was this burden.
29. Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, because thou didst break the rod of him that smote thee: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.