⁶ I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(C)

¹¹ Then they sweep past like the wind^(A) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”^(B)

¹² Lord, are you not from everlasting?^(A)
    My God, my Holy One,^(B) you^[a] will never die.^(C)
You, Lord, have appointed^(D) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,^(E) have ordained them to punish.

¹⁷ Is he to keep on emptying his net,
    destroying nations without mercy?^(A)