⁴¹ Look, a people is about to come
    from the north,
and a great nation and many kings are woken up
    from the remotest part of the earth.
⁴² They keep hold of bow and short sword.
    They are cruel and they have no mercy.
Their sound is like the sea, it roars,
    and upon horses they ride.
Drawn up for battle as a man for the battle,
    against you, O daughter of Babylon.
⁴³ The king of Babylon heard their report
    and his hands grew slack.
Anxiety has seized him,
    fear and pain like the woman who gives birth.
⁴⁴ Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets^[a] of the Jordan
    against a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream,^[b]
so I will chase them away quickly^[c] from her,
    and I will appoint whoever is chosen over her.
For who is like me, and who can summon me,
    and who is this shepherd who can stand before me?^[d]
45 Therefore^[e] hear the plan of Yahweh
    that he has planned against Babylon,
and his plans
    that he has planned against the land of the Chaldeans.
Surely^[f] they will drag them away,
    the little ones of the flock.
Surely^[g] he will cause their grazing place
    to be desolate over them.
⁴⁶ At the sound, ‘Babylon has been captured,’
    the earth will quake,
and a cry for help among the nations
    will be heard.”