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! {O Lucifer: or, O day star}

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! {coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain} {power...: Heb. palm of the hand}

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, {and} the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, {yet} from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? {at...: Heb. by thy mouth}

If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? {at...: Heb. by thy mouth}

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, {saying}, Who shall come unto me? {thy...: or, thy valley floweth away}

Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress}

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! {coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain} {power...: Heb. palm of the hand}

And the first beast {was} like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast {was} like a flying eagle.