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Isaiah 14:22

Babylon
Judgment

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
KJV
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
WEB
“I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of Armies, “and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son’s son,” says the LORD.
ASV
And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son`s son, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
For I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and scion and descendant, saith Jehovah.
BLB
“And I will rise up against them,” a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “And I will cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and offspring, and posterity,” a declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
Jeg vil reise meg mot dem, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil utrydde av Babel både navn og levning, både barn og barnebarn, sier Herren.
OTB
"Jeg vil reise meg mot dem," erklærer Herren, Allhærs Gud, "og utrydde fra Babylon navn og overlevende, etterkommere og avkom," erklærer Herren.
B1930
Jeg vil reise mig mot dem, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil utrydde av Babel både navn og levning, både barn og barnebarn, sier Herren.

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  • 1 Kings 14:10

    Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

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  • Jeremiah 50:29–35

    Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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  • Isaiah 43:14

    Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

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  • Jeremiah 51:62–64

    Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

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  • Isaiah 21:9

    And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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  • Jeremiah 51:3–4

    Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

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  • Job 18:16–19

    His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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