^51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;
Dishonor has covered our faces,
For ^(B)strangers have entered
The holy places of the house of Yahweh.

⁵² “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When I will punish her ^(C)graven images,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
⁵³ Though Babylon should ^(D)ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify ^[a]her lofty stronghold,
From ^(E)Me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.

⁵⁴ The ^(F)sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
⁵⁵ For Yahweh is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud ^[b]noise ^[c]vanish from her.
And their ^(G)waves will roar like many waters;
The rumbling of their voices ^[d]sounds forth.
⁵⁶ For the ^(H)destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured;
Their ^(I)bows are shattered;
For Yahweh is a God of ^(J)recompense,
He will fully repay.
⁵⁷ “I will ^(K)make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a ^(L)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
^(M)Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.