Isaiah 14:20–31

²⁰You will not be joined with them in burial,

Because you have destroyed your land

And slain your people.

^sThe brood of evildoers shall never be named.

²¹Prepare slaughter for his children

^tBecause of the iniquity of their fathers,

Lest they rise up and possess the land,

And fill the face of the world with cities.”

Babylon Destroyed

²²“For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts,

“And cut off from Babylon ^uthe name and ^vremnant,

^wAnd offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.

²³“I will also make it a possession for the ^xporcupine,

And marshes of muddy water;

I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.

Assyria Destroyed

²⁴The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,

“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,

And as I have purposed, so it shall ^ystand:

²⁵That I will break the ^zAssyrian in My land,

And on My mountains tread him underfoot.

Then ^ahis yoke shall be removed from them,

And his burden removed from their shoulders.

²⁶This is the ^bpurpose that is purposed against the whole earth,

And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

²⁷For the Lord of hosts has ^cpurposed,

And who will annul it?

His hand is stretched out,

And who will turn it back?”

Philistia Destroyed

²⁸This is the ⁹burden which came in the year that ^dKing Ahaz died.

²⁹“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia,

^eBecause the rod that struck you is broken;

For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper,

^fAnd its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.

³⁰The firstborn of the poor will feed,

And the needy will lie down in safety;

I will kill your roots with famine,

And it will slay your remnant.

³¹Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!

All you of Philistia are dissolved;

For smoke will come from the north,

And no one will be alone in his ¹appointed times.”