Jeremiah 51:34-36

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁴ “Nebuchadrez′zar the king of Babylon has devoured me,
    he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel,
    he has swallowed me like a monster;
he has filled his belly with my delicacies,
    he has rinsed me out.
³⁵ The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”
    let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chalde′a,”
    let Jerusalem say.
³⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
    and make her fountain dry;