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24 “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.

25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh,
    “which destroys all the earth.
I will stretch out my hand on you,
    roll you down from the rocks,
    and will make you a burned mountain.
26 They won’t take a cornerstone from you,
    nor a stone for foundations;
    but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh.

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24 “I will repay Babylon
    and the people of Babylonia[a]
for all the wrong they have done
    to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.

25 “Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!
    I am your enemy,” says the Lord.
“I will raise my fist against you,
    to knock you down from the heights.
When I am finished,
    you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
26 You will be desolate forever.
    Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in 51:35.