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22 “I’ll rise up against them,” declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.
    “I’ll cut off the name of the survivors from Babylon,
    its offspring and descendants,” declares Yahweh.
23 “It will become the possession of herons.
    It will become pools of water.
    I’ll sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.

Assyria Will Be Punished

24 Yahweh Tsebaoth has taken an oath:
    “It will happen exactly as I’ve intended.
    It will turn out exactly as I’ve planned.

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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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