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Isaiah 14:23

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14:23“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals51

and covered with pools of stagnant water.

I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,”52

says the Lord who commands armies.

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Footnotes

  1. 51 Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. , “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, , , ).
  2. 52 Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I will turn her into a place for owls

and into swampland;

I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”

declares the Lord Almighty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,

filled with swamps and marshes.

I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.

I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And I will make her a possession of the hedgehog,

and pools of water,

and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,”

declares Yahweh of hosts.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.