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21 Prepare to kill his children,
    because their father is guilty.
His children will never take control of the land.
    They will never fill the world with their cities.

22 The Lord All-Powerful said, “I will stand and fight against those people. I will destroy the famous city, Babylon. I will destroy all the people there. I will destroy their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren.” The Lord himself said this.

23 “I will change Babylon. It will be a place for animals,[a] not people. It will be a swamp. I will use the ‘broom of destruction’ to sweep Babylon away.” The Lord All-Powerful said this.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:23 animals Literally, “porcupines.”

21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(C) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(D) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(E)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(F)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(G)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(H)

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