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22 I will rise up against them,
declares the Lord of Armies.
I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remaining people,
her posterity and progeny,[a] declares the Lord.
23 I will turn it into a marsh, a home for porcupines,[b]
and I will sweep it away with the broom of destruction,
declares the Lord of Armies.

A Prophecy Against Assyria

24 The Lord of Armies has sworn:
    Certainly, this will take place just as I have planned.
    It will stand just as I have intended it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:22 The Hebrew text uses two rare words here.
  2. Isaiah 14:23 Or owls

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

24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(G)

“Surely, as I have planned,(H) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(I)

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