^18 (A)And the idols shall utterly pass away.

³ “I will sweep away ^(A)man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
    and ^(B)the fish of the sea,
and ^(C)the rubble^[a] with the wicked.
    I will ^(D)cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

⁹ Therefore by this ^(A)the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^[a]
(B)when he makes all the stones of the altars
    like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
    no ^(C)Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.

⁹ And behold, here come riders,
    horsemen in pairs!”
^(A)And he answered,
    ^(B)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^(C)and all the carved images of her gods
    he has shattered to the ground.”