17. Did he capture every cityand make earth a desert?Is he the one who refusedto let prisoners go home?”
18. When kings die, they are buriedin glorious tombs.
19. But you will be left unburied,just another dead bodylying underfootlike a broken branch.You will be one of manykilled in battle and gone downto the deep rocky pit.
20. You won't be buried with kings;you ruined your countryand murdered your people.You evil monster!We hope that your familywill be forgotten for ever.
21. We will slaughter your sonsto make them pay for the crimesof their ancestors.They won't take over the worldor build citiesanywhere on this earth.
22. The Lord All-Powerful has promised to attack Babylonia and destroy everyone there, so that none of them will ever be remembered again.
23. The Lord will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.
24. The Lord All-Powerfulhas made this promise:Everything I have plannedwill happen just as I said.
25. I will wipe out every Assyrianin my country,and I will crush thoseon my mountains.I will free my peoplefrom slaveryto the Assyrians.
26. I have planned thisfor the whole world,and my mighty armcontrols every nation.
27. I, the Lord All-Powerful,have made these plans.No one can stop me now!
28. This message came from the Lordin the year King Ahaz died: