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22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and I will deprive Babylon of her name and remnant, her offspring and posterity, says the Lord. 23 I will cause it to become a haunt of the hedgehogs and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.

Assyria[a]

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
    As I have resolved, so will it be;
    as I have planned, so will it come to pass.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:24 In 701 B.C., Sennacherib invaded the kingdom of Judah and surrounded Jerusalem. He had to lift the siege, however: an epidemic was destroying his army. This was the beginning of the decline of this empire.

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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