21 [a]Prepare a slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers: let them not rise up nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with enemies.

22 ¶ For I will rise up against them (saith the Lord of hosts) and will cut off from Babel the name and the remnant, and the son, and the nephew, saith the Lord:

23 And I will make it a possession to the [b]hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:21 He called to the Medes and Persians, and all those that should execute God’s vengeance.
  2. Isaiah 14:23 Or, tortoise.

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