23. “I will make Babylon fit only for owlsand for swamps.I will sweep Babylon as with a broom of destruction,”says the Lord All-Powerful.
24. The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise:“These things will happen exactly as I planned them;they will happen exactly as I set them up.
25. I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country;I will trample him on my mountains.He placed a heavy load on my people,but that weight will be removed.
26. “This is what I plan to do for all the earth.And this is the hand that I have raised over all nations.”
27. When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan,no one can stop it.When the Lord raises his hand to punish people,no one can stop it.