22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon (A)name and survivors, (B)offspring and posterity,” declares the Lord. 23 “I will also make it a possession for the (C)hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of (D)destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Judgment on Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, (E)just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,

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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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