All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us—the taunting words of the deceased kings who have preceded Babylon's king into the underworld, mocking his weakness. The equation of the king with ordinary dead emphasizes the stripping away of his divine pretensions and royal privilege. This verse shows the Babylonian king reduced to equality with other condemned rulers.

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