23 “I will make her a swampland and a region for herons,[a] and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

Assyria Will Be Destroyed

24 The Lord of Armies has sworn:

As I have purposed, so it will be;
as I have planned it, so it will happen.(A)
25 I will break Assyria(B) in my land;
I will tread him down on my mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:23 Or hedgehogs; Hb obscure

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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