The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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4 sumes parabolam istam contra regem Babylonis et dices quomodo cessavit exactor quievit tributum
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you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
5 contrivit Dominus baculum impiorum virgam dominantium
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The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6 caedentem populos in indignatione plaga insanabili subicientem in furore gentes persequentem crudeliter
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which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
7 conquievit et siluit omnis terra gavisa est et exultavit
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All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
8 abietes quoque laetatae sunt super te et cedri Libani ex quo dormisti non ascendit qui succidat nos
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Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”
9 infernus subter conturbatus est in occursum adventus tui suscitavit tibi gigantas omnes principes terrae surrexerunt de soliis suis omnes principes nationum
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The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
10 universi respondebunt et dicent tibi et tu vulneratus es sicut nos nostri similis effectus es
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They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
11 detracta est ad inferos superbia tua concidit cadaver tuum subter te sternetur tinea et operimentum tuum erunt vermes
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All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
12 quomodo cecidisti de caelo lucifer qui mane oriebaris corruisti in terram qui vulnerabas gentes
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How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
13 qui dicebas in corde tuo in caelum conscendam super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum sedebo in monte testamenti in lateribus aquilonis
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You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14 ascendam super altitudinem nubium ero similis Altissimo
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I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 verumtamen ad infernum detraheris in profundum laci
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But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
16 qui te viderint ad te inclinabuntur teque prospicient numquid iste est vir qui conturbavit terram qui concussit regna
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Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
17 qui posuit orbem desertum et urbes eius destruxit vinctis eius non aperuit carcerem
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the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”
18 omnes reges gentium universi dormierunt in gloria vir in domo sua
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All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19 tu autem proiectus es de sepulchro tuo quasi stirps inutilis pollutus et obvolutus qui interfecti sunt gladio et descenderunt ad fundamenta laci quasi cadaver putridum
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But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 non habebis consortium neque cum eis in sepultura tu enim terram disperdisti tu populum occidisti non vocabitur in aeternum semen pessimorum
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you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.
21 praeparate filios eius occisioni in iniquitate patrum eorum non consurgent nec hereditabunt terram neque implebunt faciem orbis civitatum
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Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
22 et consurgam super eos dicit Dominus exercituum et perdam Babylonis nomen et reliquias et germen et progeniem ait Dominus
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“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the LORD.
23 et ponam eam in possessionem ericii et in paludes aquarum et scopabo eam in scopa terens dicit Dominus exercituum
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“I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD Almighty.
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