Jeremiah 51:1-5

New Century Version

“I will soon cause a destroying wind to blow
    against Babylon and the Babylonian people.
² I will send foreign people to destroy Babylon
    like a wind that blows chaff away.
    They will destroy the land.
Armies will surround the city
    when the day of disaster comes upon her.
³ Don’t let the Babylonian soldiers prepare their bows to shoot.
    Don’t even let them put on their armor.
Don’t feel sorry for the young men of Babylon,
    but completely destroy her army.
⁴ They will be killed in the land of the Babylonians
    and will die in her streets.
⁵ The Lord God All-Powerful
    did not leave Israel and Judah,
even though they were completely guilty
    in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.