22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of armies, “and eliminate from Babylon (A)name and survivors, (B)offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord. 23 “I will also make it the property of the (C)hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it away with the broom of (D)destruction,” declares the Lord of armies.

Judgment on Assyria

24 The Lord of armies has sworn, saying, “Certainly, (E)just as I have intended, so it has happened, and just as I have planned, so it will stand,

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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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