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21 Make ready to slaughter his sons
    for the guilt of their fathers;(A)
Lest they rise and possess the earth,
    and fill the breadth of the world with cities.[a]

22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and offspring, says the Lord.(B) 23 I will make it a haunt of hoot owls and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, oracle of the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:21 Cities: if the text is correct, it presumably refers to cities as expressions of human pride, authority, and oppression (cf. Gn 11:1–9; Na 3:1–4).

21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(C) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(D) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(E)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(F)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(G)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(H)

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