Isaiah 14:23
23 I will also make [suwm] it a possession [mowrash]
for the bittern [qippowd], and pools ['agam] of water [mayim]: and I
will sweep [tuw'] it with the besom [mat'ate'] of destruction [shamad],
saith [na'um] the LORD [Yahovah] of hosts [tsaba']. KJV-Interlinear
23 "I will also make it a
possession for the hedgehog, and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the
broom of destruction," declares the Lord of hosts. NASB
It, is a word that
refers to Babylon. Babylon is a term that symbolizes the embodiment of Satan
and evil.
The word bittern,
refers to rodents, or wild life that lives in or near swamps or marshes. This
can include anything from porcupines or hedgehogs, to long legged marsh birds.
The word besom, refers
to a broad and wide broom, that sweeps everything in its path, completely away.
Isaiah continues the
Lord’s description of the complete and total destruction and annihilation, in
terms that render everything after the destruction, as uninhabitable.
And this completes with
certainly, the total removal of Satan and his policies and his influence, with
no residue whatsoever, from planet earth, from all of creation, and certainly
from the human realm.
When Christ begins his
millennial reign here on earth, it will begin without any contamination from
philosophy or religion, or influence that was originated by Satan either
directly or indirectly, and had been carried on throughout history up until
this time of his removal.
