Jeremiah 50:35-40

Evangelical Heritage Version

³⁵ A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials and her wise men!
³⁶ A sword against her empty boasters!
They will become fools.
A sword against her strong warriors!
They will be filled with terror.
³⁷ A sword against their horses and chariots!
All the foreigners in her ranks will become as weak as women.
A sword against her treasures!
They will be looted.
³⁸ A sword against her waters!
They will be dried up,
because it is a land of idols,
and they are driven mad by those dreadful images.
³⁹ That is why desert animals and hyenas^[a] will live there,
and shrieking ostriches will dwell there.
It will never again be inhabited.
It will never be lived in from generation to generation.
⁴⁰ Just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord,
no one will dwell there.
No one will live there even as a temporary resident.