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23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals[a]
and covered with pools of stagnant water.
I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,”[b]
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:23 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. Isaiah 14:23 tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”