Isaiah 14:23

"“I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of Armies, “and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son’s son,” says the LORD."

Key Reflection

This verse envisions God's judgment on Babylon, symbolically cutting off its name and descendants, effectively eradicating its influence. It underscores God's sovereignty over nations and his willingness to bring about their downfall for the sake of justice and his redemptive purposes.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will also make it a possession for the bittern -The word ‘bittern,’ in English, means a bird with long legs and neck, that stalks among reeds and sedge, feeding upon fish. The Hebrew word (קפדqı̂ppod), occurs but five timesIsaiah 34:11;Zephaniah 2:14. According to Bochart and Gesenius, it means the hedgehog. It has been variously rendered. Some have supposed it to be a land animal; some an aquatic animal; and most have regarded it as a fowl. Bochart has proved that the hedgehog or porcupine is found on the shores of the Euphrates.

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