Isaiah 14:20–31

²⁰you will not join them in burial,ⁱ

for you have destroyed your land

and killed your people.

Let the offspring^j of the wicked^k

never be mentioned^l again.

²¹Prepare a place to slaughter his children^m

for the sins of their ancestors;ⁿ

they are not to rise to inherit the land

and cover the earth with their cities.

²²“I will rise up^o against them,”

declares the Lord Almighty.

“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^p and survivors,

her offspring and descendants,^q”

declares the Lord.

²³“I will turn her into a place for owls^r

and into swampland;

I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^s”

declares the Lord Almighty.^t

²⁴The Lord Almighty has sworn,^u

“Surely, as I have planned,^v so it will be,

and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^w

²⁵I will crush the Assyrian^x in my land;

on my mountains I will trample him down.

His yoke^y will be taken from my people,

and his burden removed from their shoulders.^z”

²⁶This is the plan^a determined for the whole world;

this is the hand^b stretched out over all nations.

²⁷For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^c and who can thwart him?

His hand^d is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^e

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

²⁸This prophecy^f came in the year^g King Ahaz^h died:

²⁹Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,ⁱ

that the rod that struck you is broken;

from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^j

its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^k

³⁰The poorest of the poor will find pasture,

and the needy^l will lie down in safety.^m

But your root I will destroy by famine;ⁿ

it will slay^o your survivors.^p

³¹Wail,^q you gate!^r Howl, you city!

Melt away, all you Philistines!^s

A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^t

and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^u