²² “I will rise up^(A) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(B) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,^(C)”
declares the Lord.

⁷ The name of the righteous^(A) is used in blessings,^[a]
    but the name of the wicked^(B) will rot.^(C)

⁵⁶ A destroyer^(A) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.^(B)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay^(C) in full.
⁵⁷ I will make her officials^(D) and wise^(E) men drunk,^(F)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep^(G) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,^(H) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

³ Let not the archer string his bow,^(A)
    nor let him put on his armor.^(B)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy^[a] her army.
⁴ They will fall^(C) down slain in Babylon,^[b]
    fatally wounded in her streets.^(D)

²⁹ “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.^(A)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.^(B)
Repay^(C) her for her deeds;^(D)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied^(E) the Lord,
    the Holy One^(F) of Israel.
³⁰ Therefore, her young men^(G) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
³¹ “See, I am against^(H) you, you arrogant one,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day^(I) has come,
    the time for you to be punished.
³² The arrogant^(J) one will stumble and fall^(K)
    and no one will help her up;^(L)
I will kindle a fire^(M) in her towns
    that will consume all who are around her.”

“The people of Israel are oppressed,^(N)
    and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
    refusing to let them go.^(O)
34 Yet their Redeemer^(P) is strong;
    the Lord Almighty^(Q) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause^(R)
    so that he may bring rest^(S) to their land,
    but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

³⁵ “A sword^(T) against the Babylonians!”^(U)
    declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise^(V) men!

²⁶ Come against her from afar.^(A)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.^(B)
Completely destroy^(C) her
    and leave her no remnant.
²⁷ Kill all her young bulls;^(D)
    let them go down to the slaughter!^(E)
Woe to them! For their day^(F) has come,
    the time^(G) for them to be punished.

⁹ Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,^(A) on a single day:
    loss of children^(B) and widowhood.^(C)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries^(D)
    and all your potent spells.^(E)
10 You have trusted^(F) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’^(G)
Your wisdom^(H) and knowledge mislead^(I) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
¹¹ Disaster^(J) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly^(K) come upon you.

¹² “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,^(L)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
¹³ All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!^(M)
    Let your astrologers^(N) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save^(O) you from what is coming upon you.
¹⁴ Surely they are like stubble;^(P)
    the fire^(Q) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.^(R)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.