Jeremiah 51:51-53

New International Reader's Version

⁵¹ The people of Judah reply, “No one honors us anymore.
    People make fun of us.
    Our faces are covered with shame.
People from other lands have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”

⁵² “But the days are coming,” announces the Lord.
    “At that time I will punish the gods of Babylon.
And all through its land
    wounded people will groan.
⁵³ What if Babylon reached all the way to the heavens?
    What if it made its high walls even stronger?
    I would still send destroyers against it,”
    announces the Lord.