51 Thus says the Lord:
I am going to stir up a destructive wind^[a]
    against Babylon
    and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai,^[b](A)
2 and I will send winnowers to Babylon,
    and they shall winnow her.
They shall empty her land
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.^(B)
3 Let not the archer bend his bow,
    and let him not array himself in his coat of mail.
Do not spare her young men;
    utterly destroy her entire army.^(C)
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans
    and wounded in her streets.
⁵ Indeed, Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
    by their God, the Lord of hosts,
though their land is full of guilt
    before the Holy One of Israel.^(D)