Jeremiah 51:33-35

The Voice

³³This, then, is what the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies and God of Israel, says:

Eternal One: The people of Babylon are like wheat ready to be threshed,
spread out on the floor waiting to be trampled.
A little while longer and the time for her harvest will come.

³⁴Citizens of Jerusalem (crying out to God): Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has devoured us.
        He has squeezed the life out of us and left us an empty jar.
    Like a monster from the sea, he swallowed us
        and gorged himself on the richness of Israel
    Only to cough us up and throw us out.
³⁵    “May the violence done to our people be repaid to Babylon,”
        we the people of Zion pray.
    “May our blood be upon those who live in Chaldea,”
        so Jerusalem prays.