"Howyou have fallenfrom heaven,O starof the morning,sonof the dawn!You have been cutdownto the earth,You who have weakenedthe nations!
For the starsof heavenand their constellationsWill not flashforththeir light;The sunwill be darkwhen it risesAnd the moonwill not shedits light.
And allthe hostof heavenwill wearaway,And the skywill be rolledup like a scroll;Alltheir hostswill also witherawayAs a leafwithersfrom the vine,Or as [one] withersfrom the figtree.
"Howthe hammerof the wholeearthHas been cutoffand broken!HowBabylonhas becomeAn objectof horroramong the nations!
"ThoughBabylonshould ascendto the heavens,And thoughshe should fortifyher loftystronghold,From Me destroyerswill cometo her," declaresthe LORD.
Howthe Lordhas coveredthe daughterof ZionWith a cloudin His anger!He has castfrom heavento earthThe gloryof Israel,And has not rememberedHis footstoolIn the dayof His anger.
"They will takeup a lamentationoveryou and sayto you, 'Howyou have perished,O inhabitedone, From the seas,O renownedcity,Whichwas mightyon the sea,She and her inhabitants,Whoimposedher terrorOn allher inhabitants!
"Thoughyou buildhighlike the eagle,Thoughyou setyour nestamongthe stars,From thereI will bringyou down,"declaresthe LORD.
And He saidto them, "I was watchingSatanfallfrom heavenlikelightning.
[So] we havethe propheticword[made] more sure,to whichyou dowellto pay attentionas to a lampshiningin a darkplace,untilthe daydawnsand the morning stararisesin your hearts.
For ifGoddid not spareangelswhen they sinned,but cast them into helland committedthem to pitsof darkness,reservedfor judgment;
and I will givehim the morningstar.
"I, Jesus,have sentMy angelto testifyto you these thingsfor the churches.I amthe rootand the descendantof David,the brightmorningstar."
The thirdangelsounded,and a greatstarfellfrom heaven,burninglikea torch,and it fellon a thirdof the riversand on the springsof waters.
Thenthe fifthangelsounded,and I sawa starfrom heavenwhich had fallento the earth;and the keyof the bottomlesspitwas givento him.
