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23 I will make it the home of herons, a swampland. I will sweep it away with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

Promise for oppressed Judah

24 The Lord of heavenly forces has promised:
As I intended, so it will be;
    and as I have planned, so it will happen:
25 I will break Assyria in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample it
    and remove its yoke from my people;[a]
    his burden will be taken from their shoulders.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:25 Or them

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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