⁴¹ “Behold, a people comes from the north;
    and a great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
⁴² They take up bow and spear.
    They are cruel, and have no mercy.
    Their voice roars like the sea.
They ride on horses,
    everyone set in array,
    as a man to the battle,
    against you, daughter of Babylon.
⁴³ The king of Babylon has heard the news of them,
    and his hands become feeble:
anguish has taken hold of him,
    pains as of a woman in labor.
⁴⁴ Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion
    from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation;
    for I will suddenly make them run away from it.
Whoever is chosen,
    I will appoint him over it;
    for who is like me?
Who will appoint me a time?
    Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
⁴⁵ Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh,
    that he has taken against Babylon;
and his purposes,
    that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely they will drag them away,
    even the little ones of the flock.
    Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
⁴⁶ At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles;
    and the cry is heard among the nations.