Jeremiah 51:33-48

New International Version

³³This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon^(A) is like a threshing floor^(B)
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest^(C) her will soon come.^(D)”

³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar^(E) king of Babylon has devoured^(F) us,^(G)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(H) us out.
³⁵May the violence^(I) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(J)

³⁶Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause^(K)
    and avenge^(L) you;
I will dry up^(M) her sea
    and make her springs dry.
³⁷Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(N) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(O)
    a place where no one lives.^(P)
³⁸Her people all roar like young lions,^(Q)
    they growl like lion cubs.
³⁹But while they are aroused,
    I will set out a feast for them
    and make them drunk,^(R)
so that they shout with laughter—
    then sleep forever^(S) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.^(T)
⁴⁰“I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.^(U)

⁴¹“How Sheshak^[b]^(V) will be captured,^(W)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate^(X) Babylon will be
    among the nations!
⁴²The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves^(Y) will cover her.
⁴³Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert^(Z) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.^(AA)
⁴⁴I will punish Bel^(AB) in Babylon
    and make him spew out^(AC) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall^(AD) of Babylon will fall.

⁴⁵“Come out^(AE) of her, my people!
    Run^(AF) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger^(AG) of the Lord.
⁴⁶Do not lose heart^(AH) or be afraid^(AI)
    when rumors^(AJ) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.
⁴⁷For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols^(AK) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced^(AL)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.^(AM)
⁴⁸Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout^(AN) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north^(AO)
    destroyers^(AP) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.