¹⁹ But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.^(A)

²² Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.

¹¹ I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,^(A)
a jackals’ den.^(B)
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.

²² Listen! A noise—it is coming—
a great commotion^(A) from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.^(B)