Isaiah 14:20–31

²⁰“You will not be united with them in burial,

Because you have ruined your country,

You have killed your people.

May the ^aseed of evildoers not be called upon forever.

²¹“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter

Because of the ^ainiquity of their fathers.

They must not arise and take possession of the earth

And fill the face of the world with cities.”

²²“I will rise up against them,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon ^aname and remnant, ^boffspring and posterity,” declares Yahweh.

²³“I will also make it a possession for the ^ahedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of ^1bdestruction,” declares Yahweh of hosts.

Yahweh’s Plan to Break Assyrian Rule

²⁴Yahweh of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, ^ajust as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have counseled so it will stand,

²⁵to ^abreak Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his ^byoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.

²⁶“This is the ^acounsel that is counseled against the whole earth; and this is the ^bhand that is stretched out against all the nations.

²⁷“For ^aYahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”

An Oracle Concerning Philistia

²⁸In the ^ayear that King Ahaz died this ^1boracle came:

²⁹“Do not be glad, O ^aPhilistia, all of you,

Because the rod that ^bstruck you is broken;

For from the serpent’s root a ^cviper will come out,

And its fruit will be a ^dflying fiery serpent.

³⁰“¹And the foremost ^aof the poor will eat,

And the needy will lie down in security;

I will put to death your root with ^bfamine,

And it will kill off your remnant.

³¹“Wail, O ^agate; cry, O city;

¹Melt away, O ^bPhilistia, all of you;

For smoke comes from the ^cnorth,

And ^dthere is no straggler in his ranks.