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22 The Lord of heaven’s armies says this:
    “I will fight against those people.
I will destroy Babylon and its people.
    I will destroy its people and their descendants,” says the Lord.
23 “I will make Babylon fit only for owls.
    It will become a swamp.
I will sweep Babylon as with a broom of destruction,”
    says the Lord of heaven’s armies.

God Will Punish Assyria

24 The Lord of heaven’s armies has made this promise:

“These things will happen exactly as I planned them.
    These things will happen exactly as I set them up.

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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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