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Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, 'Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.'
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"Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.
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They all shall speak and say to you: 'Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?
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Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.'
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"How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
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For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;
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I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.'
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Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.
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"Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
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Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'
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"All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house;