Isaiah 14:21-23

New International Reader's Version

²¹So prepare a place to kill his children.
    Kill them because of the sins of the rulers
    who lived before them.
They must not rise to power.
    They must not rule over the world.
    They must not cover the earth with their cities.”

²²“I will rise up against them,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.
“I will destroy Babylon.
    It will not be remembered anymore.
No one will be left alive there.
    I will destroy its people and their children after them,”
    announces the Lord.
²³“I will turn it into a place where nothing but owls can live.
    I will turn it into a swamp.
I will sweep through it like a broom and destroy everything,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.