Jeremiah 50:41-46

New King James Version

⁴¹“Behold,^(A) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
⁴²^(B)They shall hold the bow and the lance;
^(C)They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
^(D)Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

⁴³“The king of Babylon has ^(E)heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in ^(F)childbirth.

⁴⁴“Behold,^(G) he shall come up like a lion from the ^[a]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And ^(H)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

⁴⁵Therefore hear ^(I)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His ^(J)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
^(K)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
⁴⁶^(L)At the noise of the taking of Babylon
The earth trembles,
And the cry is heard among the nations.