⁹ “But these ^(A)two things will come on you ^(B)suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many ^(C)sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.

³¹ “Behold, ^(A)I am against you, O ^[a]arrogant one,”
Declares the Lord ^[b]God of hosts,
“For your day has come,
The time ^[c]when I will punish you.
³² “The ^[d](B)arrogant one will stumble and fall
With no one to raise him up;
And I will ^(C)set fire to his cities
And it will devour all his environs.”

³³ Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The sons of Israel are oppressed,
And the sons of Judah as well;
And ^(D)all who took them captive have held them fast,
They have refused to let them go.
³⁴ “Their ^(E)Redeemer is strong, ^(F)the Lord of hosts is His name;
He will vigorously ^(G)plead their case
So that He may ^(H)bring rest to ^[e]the earth,
But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.
³⁵ “A ^(I)sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her ^(J)officials and her ^(K)wise men!
³⁶ “A sword against the ^(L)oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her ^(M)mighty men, and they will be ^[f](N)shattered!
³⁷ “A sword against ^[g]their ^(O)horses and against ^[h]their chariots
And against all the ^[i](P)foreigners who are in the midst of her,
And they will become ^(Q)women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
³⁸ “A ^[j](R)drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of ^(S)idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols.

³⁹ “Therefore the ^(T)desert creatures will live there along with the jackals;
The ostriches also will live in it,
And it will ^(U)never again be inhabited
Or dwelt in from generation to generation.
⁴⁰ “As when God overthrew ^(V)Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,
“No man will live there,
Nor will any son of man reside in it.

⁴¹ “Behold, a people is coming ^(W)from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
⁴² “They ^(X)seize their bow and javelin;
They are ^(Y)cruel and have no mercy.
Their ^(Z)voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on ^(AA)horses,
^(AB)Marshalled like a man for the battle
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
⁴³ “The ^(AC)king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
^(AD)Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.