Jeremiah 50:37-51:1

English Standard Version

³⁷A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
    and against all ^(A)the foreign troops in her midst,
    that ^(B)they may become women!
^(C)A sword against all her treasures,
    that they may be plundered!
³⁸^(D)A drought against her waters,
    that they may be dried up!
^(E)For it is a land of images,
    and they are mad over idols.

³⁹^(F)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,^[a] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. ⁴⁰^(G)As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, ^(H)so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

⁴¹^(I)“Behold, a people comes from the north;
    a mighty nation and many kings
    are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
⁴²They lay hold of bow and spear;
    they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
    they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
    against you, O daughter of Babylon!

⁴³“The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.

⁴⁴^(J)“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd ^(K)can stand before me? ⁴⁵Therefore hear ^(L)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, ^(M)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: ^(N)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. ⁴⁶^(O)At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”