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22 “I will rise up against them,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.
“I will destroy Babylon.
    It will not be remembered anymore.
No one will be left alive there.
    I will destroy its people and their children after them,”
    announces the Lord.
23 “I will turn it into a place where nothing but owls can live.
    I will turn it into a swamp.
I will sweep through it like a broom and destroy everything,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.

24 The Lord who rules over all has made a promise. He has said,

“You can be sure that what I have planned will happen.
    What I have decided will take place.

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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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