21. Prepare slaughter for his childrenBecause of the iniquity of their fathers,Lest they rise up and possess the land,And fill the face of the world with cities.”
22. “For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts,“And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant,And offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.
23. “I will also make it a possession for the porcupine,And marshes of muddy water;I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.
24. The 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 stand: