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20 you will not be united[a] with them[b] in burial,
for you have destroyed your land,
    you have slain your people.
People will never mention
    the descendants of those who practice evil again![c]
21 Prepare a massacre for his sons
    because of the guilt of their forefathers!
They are not to rise and inherit the earth,
    and cover[d] the surface of the world with cities.”

Babylon’s Desolation

22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “and I will eliminate from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,”[e] declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; Lit. under; MT reads joined
  2. Isaiah 14:20 I.e. with the dead
  3. Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads May the descendants of those who practice of evil never be mentioned again!; LXX reads May you not remain forever, you evil seed!
  4. Isaiah 14:21 Lit. fill
  5. Isaiah 14:22 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and her offspring and descendants; LXX lacks and descendants