2 Nephi 24:4

And it shall come to pass in that day,

that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:

How hath the oppressor ceased,

the golden city ceased!

2 Nephi 24:5

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepters of the rulers.

2 Nephi 24:6

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,

he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

2 Nephi 24:7

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet;

they break forth into singing.

2 Nephi 24:8

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee,

and also the cedars of Lebanon, saying:

Since thou art laid down

no feller is come up against us.

2 Nephi 24:9

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.

2 Nephi 24:10

All they shall speak and say unto thee:

Art thou also become weak as we?

Art thou become like unto us?

2 Nephi 24:11

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave;

the noise of thy viols is not heard;

the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

2 Nephi 24:12

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!

2 Nephi 24:13

For thou hast said in thy 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;

2 Nephi 24:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will be like the Most High.

2 Nephi 24:15

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

2 Nephi 24:16

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,

and shall consider thee, and shall say:

Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,

that did shake kingdoms?

2 Nephi 24:17

And made the world as a wilderness,

and destroyed the cities thereof,

and opened not the house of his prisoners?

2 Nephi 24:18

All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,

every one of them in his own house.

2 Nephi 24:19

But thou art cast out of thy grave

like an abominable branch,

and the remnant of those that are slain,

thrust through with a sword,

that go down to the stones of the pit;

as a carcass trodden under feet.

2 Nephi 24:20

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,

because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people;

the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.

2 Nephi 24:21

Prepare slaughter for his children

for the iniquities of their fathers,

that they do not rise, nor possess the land,

nor fill the face of the world with cities.

2 Nephi 24:22

For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts,

and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,

and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 24:23

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water;

and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts.