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Isaiah 14:22
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts speaks this declaration of judgment against Babylon. The moment follows a command to prepare a place to slaughter the king’s sons for the iniquities of their forefathers.
The words — The Hebrew verb קַמְתִּי (kam.Ti) literally means “I will rise up,” and הִכְרַתִּי (hikh.ra.Ti) means “I will cut off.” These verbs frame the divine action against Babylon’s lineage.
The thread — This pattern of cutting off a lineage appears in 1 Kings 14:10 and echoes the warning that the name of the wicked will rot in Proverbs 10:7. The specific judgment on Babylon reappears in Jeremiah 50:29.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment terminates human dynasties and erases their historical memory. It requires the reader to accept that political power yields to sovereign decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 14:10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Jeremiah 50:29 Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Job 18:16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Isaiah 13:5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
- Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
- Isaiah 47:9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Jeremiah 50:26 Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
- Jeremiah 51:3 Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!