³⁵ May the violence^(A) 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.^(B)

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

⁴¹ “How Sheshak^[b](N) will be captured,^(O)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate^(P) Babylon will be
    among the nations!
⁴² The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves^(Q) will cover her.

³⁷ Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(B)
    a place where no one lives.^(C)