21 We will slaughter your sonsto make them pay for the crimesof their ancestors.They won't take over the worldor build citiesanywhere on this earth.
22 The Lord All-Powerful has promised to attack Babylonia and destroy everyone there, so that none of them will ever be remembered again.
23 The Lord will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.
24 The Lord All-Powerfulhas made this promise:Everything I have plannedwill happen just as I said.
25 I will wipe out every Assyrianin my country,and I will crush thoseon my mountains.I will free my peoplefrom slaveryto the Assyrians.
26 I have planned thisfor the whole world,and my mighty armcontrols every nation.
27 I, the Lord All-Powerful,have made these plans.No one can stop me now!