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46 
“Now beware so that you do not lose heart,
And so that you are not afraid at the rumor that will be heard in the land—
For the rumor shall come one year,
And after that another rumor in another year,
And violence shall be in the land,
Ruler against ruler—
47 
“Therefore behold (listen carefully), the days are coming
When I will judge and punish the idols of Babylon;
Her whole land will be perplexed and shamed,
And all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 
“Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
Will shout and sing for joy over Babylon,
For the [a]destroyers will come against her from the north,”
Says the Lord.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:48 I.e. the Medo-Persian Empire.

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