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23 I will turn it into a marsh, a home for porcupines,[a]
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.
25     I will destroy the Assyrian in my land
    and trample him on my mountains.
    Then his yoke will be removed from my people,
    and his burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:23 Or owls

23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(A)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(B)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(C)

24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(D)

“Surely, as I have planned,(E) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(F)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(G) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(H) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(I)

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