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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