21. Prepare slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22. For I will rise up upon them, saith the Lord of the hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant and son and nephew, saith the Lord.
23. I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water, and I will sweep it with brooms of destruction, saith the Lord of the hosts.
24. The Lord of the hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: