⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(A)
    even the memory of them^(B) has perished.

²² “I will rise up^(A) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(B) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,^(C)”
declares the Lord.
²³ “I will turn her into a place for owls^(D)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^(E)”
    declares the Lord Almighty.^(F)

⁵⁵ “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”^[b](B)

⁹ Whatever they plot^(A) against the Lord
    he will bring^[a] to an end;
    trouble will not come a second time.
¹⁰ They will be entangled among thorns^(B)
    and drunk^(C) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.^[b](D)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed^(E) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.^(F)
13 Now I will break their yoke^(G) from your neck
    and tear your shackles away.”^(H)