Isaiah 14:23

Easy To Read Version

The Lord said, “I will change Babylon. That place will be for animals, {\cf2\super [152]} \{not people\}. That place will be a swamp. I will use the ‘broom of destruction’ to sweep Babylon away.” The Lord All-Powerful said those things.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

So, Jeroboam, I will bring troubles to your family. I will kill all of the men in your family. I will destroy your family completely, like fire completely destroys dung.

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch the measuring line of Samaria [262] and the plumb bob [263] of Ahab’s family over Jerusalem. A man wipes a dish, and then he turns it upside down. I will do that to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 13:20

But Babylon will not continue to be beautiful. People will not continue to live there in the future. Arabs will not put their tents there. Shepherds will not bring their sheep to let them eat there.

Isaiah 13:6

The Lord’s special day is near. So cry and be sad for yourselves. A time is coming when the enemy will steal your wealth. God All-Powerful will make that happen. {\cf2\super [142]}

Isaiah 21:1

The sad message about the Desert of the Sea: {\cf2\super [203]}

Jeremiah 50:26

“Come against Babylon from far away.\par Break open the storehouses\par where she keeps her grain.\par Completely destroy Babylon.\par Don’t leave anyone alive.\par Pile her dead bodies like big piles of grain.\par

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will attack Babylon.\par That nation will make Babylon\par like an empty desert.\par No people will live there.\par Both men and animals\par will run away from there.”\par

Jeremiah 51:62

Then say, ‘Lord, you have said that you will destroy this place, Babylon. You will destroy it so that no people or animals will live in it. This place will be an empty ruin forever.’

Zephaniah 2:14

Then only sheep and wild animals will live in that ruined city. Owls and crows will sit on the columns that are left standing. Their calls will be heard coming through the windows. Crows will sit on the doorsteps. Black birds {\cf2\super [18]} will sit in those empty houses.

Revelation 14:8

Then the second angel followed the first angel and said, “She is destroyed! The great city of Babylon is destroyed! She (Babylon) made all the nations drink the wine of her adultery {\cf2\super [101]} and of God’s anger.”

Revelation 18:2

The angel shouted with a powerful voice: