Isa 14:15 | NET2full | STEP | But you were brought down to Sheol , to the remote slopes of the Pit .

‏ Isaiah 14:15

15 But you were brought down ^{▼▼tn The prefixed verb form is taken as a preterite. Note the use of perfects in v. 12 to describe the king’s downfall.} to Sheol,
to the remote slopes of the Pit. ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or the entrance to the underworld.}