Isaiah 14:23

“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals ¹  and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” ²  says the Lord who commands armies.

1Ki 14:10; 2Ki 21:13; Isa 13:21,22; Isa 34:11-15; Jer 50:39,40; Jer 51:25,26; Jer 51:42,43; Zep 2:14; Re 14:8; Re 18:2,21-23

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