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22 “And I will rise up against them,”

declares[a] Yahweh of hosts,

“and I will cut off name and a remnant from Babylon,
    and offspring and posterity,”

declares[b] Yahweh.

23 “And I will make her a possession of the hedgehog,
    and pools of water,
    and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,”

declares[c] Yahweh of hosts.

Oracle of Judgment on Assyria

24 Yahweh of hosts has sworn, saying,

Surely[d] just as I have intended, so it shall be.
    And just as I have planned, it shall stand:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:22 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Isaiah 14:22 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Isaiah 14:23 Literally “declaration of”
  4. Isaiah 14:24 The oath formula begins literally “If not”

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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