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—the explicit declaration of God's action against Babylon, with the comprehensive elimination of all descendants and relatives. The cutting off of the name suggests that even memory will be erased. This verse grounds the taunt-song in the explicit divine purpose to eliminate Babylon entirely.

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