22. This is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“I, myself, have risen against Babylon!I will destroy its children and its children’s children,”says the lord.
23. “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,filled with swamps and marshes.I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.I, the lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
24. The lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath:“It will all happen as I have planned.It will be as I have decided.
25. I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;I will trample them on my mountains.My people will no longer be their slavesnor bow down under their heavy loads.