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21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons,
because of the iniquity(A) of their ancestors.
They will never rise up to possess a land
or fill the surface of the earth with cities.

22 ‘I will rise up against them’ – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – ‘and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity’ – this is the Lord’s declaration. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:23 Or hedgehogs; Hb obscure