Isaiah 14:23

NETBible

“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals 1  and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” 2  says the Lord who commands armies.

NIV ©

"I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.

NASB ©

"I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts.

NLT ©

I will make Babylon into a desolate land, a place of porcupines, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!"

MSG ©

GOD's Decree. "I'll make it a worthless swamp and give it as a prize to the hedgehog. And then I'll bulldoze it out of existence." Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

BBE ©

And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.

NRSV ©

And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.

NKJV ©

"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.

KJV
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it a possession
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for the bittern
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and pools
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of water
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and I will sweep
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it with the besom
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of destruction
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saith
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the LORD
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NASB ©
"I will also make
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it a possession
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for the hedgehog
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and swamps
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of water
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, and I will sweep
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it with the broom
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of destruction
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," declares
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the LORD
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of hosts
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.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
yhsw
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V-FAI-1S
thn
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T-ASF
babulwnian {N-ASF} erhmon
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N-ASF
wste
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CONJ
katoikein {V-PAN} ecinouv {N-APN} kai
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CONJ
estai
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V-FMI-3S
eiv
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PREP
ouden
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A-ASN
kai
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CONJ
yhsw
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V-FAI-1S
authn
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D-ASF
phlou
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N-GSM
barayron {N-ASN} eiv
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PREP
apwleian
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N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
“I will turn
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her into
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a place that is overrun
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with wild animals
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and covered with pools
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of stagnant water
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. I will get rid of
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her, just as one sweeps
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away dirt with a broom
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,” says
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the Lord
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who commands armies
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.
HEBREW
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Man
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hytajajw
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Mym
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dpq
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srwml
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hytmvw (14:23)
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NETBible

“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals 1  and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” 2  says the Lord who commands armies.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, NAB, NIV, TEV).

2 tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”