Jeremiah 51:51-58

Common English Bible

⁵¹We’re humiliated by their taunts;
we’re disgraced that strangers have violated the sacred places
of the Lord’s temple.

⁵²The time is coming,
    declares the Lord,
        when I will deal with her idols,
        and the wounded in her land will groan.
⁵³Even if Babylon scales the heavens
    and strengthens its towering defenses,
        the destroying armies will still come
        against her, at my command,
            declares the Lord.
⁵⁴Listen to the cries for help from Babylon,
    signs of massive devastation in the land,
        declares the Lord.
⁵⁵The Lord is destroying Babylon
    and silencing her outcry,
        whose roar is like the crushing waves,
        a deafening crash.
⁵⁶He certainly comes against her;
    the destroyer comes against Babylon.
Her warriors are captured;
    their bows are broken.
The Lord is an exacting God
    who repays in full.
⁵⁷I’ll make her leaders and sages drunk,
    her governors, officials, and warriors as well.
They will sleep forever, never to get up,
    declares the king,
        whose name is the Lord of heavenly forces.
⁵⁸The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:
    Babylon’s massive walls will come down,
        down to the ground;
        and its high gates will be burned to the ground.