³⁵ A sword is against the Chaldeans,
    says the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
    and against her officials, and against her wise men.
³⁶ A sword is against the oracle priests,
    and they will become fools.
A sword is against her mighty men,
    and they shall be dismayed.
³⁷ A sword is against their horses, and against their chariots,
    and against all the foreigners who are in her midst;
    and they will become as women.
A sword is against her treasures,
    and they will be robbed.
³⁸ A drought is against her waters,
    and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of graven images,
    and they are mad over their idols.

³⁹ Therefore the wild beasts of the desert
    with the wild beasts of the islands will dwell there,
    and the ostriches will dwell in it.
It will be inhabited no more forever,
    nor will it be lived in from generation to generation.
⁴⁰ As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
    and the neighboring cities,
    says the Lord,
so no man will abide there,
    nor will any son of man dwell in it.