Isaiah 14:24

The Lord of hosts hath sworn... — The long “oracle” of Babylon is followed by a fragmentary prophecy against Assyria (Isaiah 14:24), possibly misplaced, possibly, as opening with a solemn asseveration, like that of the preceding verse, added by way of proof, that the word of the Lord of Hosts would be fulfilled on Babylon, as it had been on Assyria, with which, indeed, Babylon was closely connected — almost, perhaps, identified — in his thoughts.