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37 Destroy its horses and chariots!
Death to its hired soldiers—
    how weak they are!
Destroy its treasures;
    plunder and loot.
38 Bring a drought on its land
    and dry up its rivers.
Babylonia is a land of terrifying idols
    that have made fools of the people.

39 (A)“And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits,[a] and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:39 demons and evil spirits; or wildcats and jackals.

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