Jeremiah 51:1-5

New International Reader's Version

“I will stir up the spirits of destroyers.
    They will march out against Babylon and its people.
² I will send other nations against it
    to separate the straw from the grain.
    I will send them to destroy Babylon completely.
They will oppose it on every side.
    At that time it will be destroyed.
³ Do not let its soldiers get their bows ready to use.
    Do not let them put on their armor.
Do not spare their young men.
    Destroy their armies completely.
⁴ They will fall down dead in Babylon.
    They will receive deadly wounds in its streets.
⁵ The land of Israel and Judah is full of guilt.
    Its people have sinned against me.
But I have not deserted them. I am their God.
    I am the Lord who rules over all.
    I am the Holy One of Israel.