⁴⁷ For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols^(A) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced^(B)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.^(C)

² “Announce and proclaim^(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner^(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;^(C)
    Bel^(D) will be put to shame,^(E)
    Marduk^(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols^(G) filled with terror.’

⁵² “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,^(A)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.^(B)

⁹ Look, here comes a man in a chariot^(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon^(B) has fallen,^(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods^(D)
    lie shattered^(E) on the ground!’”

⁴³ Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert^(A) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.^(B)

¹⁸ They are worthless,^(A) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

³⁵ “A sword^(A) against the Babylonians!”^(B)
    declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise^(C) men!
³⁶ A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(D)
    They will be filled with terror.^(E)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots^(F)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(G)
A sword against her treasures!^(H)
    They will be plundered.
³⁸ A drought on^[a] her waters!^(I)
    They will dry^(J) up.
For it is a land of idols,^(K)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

³⁹ “So desert creatures^(L) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.^(M)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(N)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(O)