Jeremiah 50:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶Don’t let the people from Babylon plant their crops.
    Don’t let them gather the harvest.
The soldiers of Babylon brought many prisoners to their city.
    Now the enemy soldiers have come,
    so the prisoners are going back home.
    They are running back to their own countries.

¹⁷“Israel is like a flock of sheep that was scattered all over the country.
    Israel is like sheep that were chased away by lions.
The first lion to attack was the king of Assyria.
    The last lion to crush Israel’s bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
¹⁸So this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says:
‘I will soon punish the king of Babylon and his country
    as I punished the king of Assyria.