⁵ “Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.^(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.^(B)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a](C)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(D)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(E)
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;^(F)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.