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52 Wherefore, hinei, the days are coming, saith Hashem, that I will visit [in punishment] her pesalim (graven images); and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53 Though Bavel should ascend to Shomayim, and though she should fortify the height of her stronghold, yet from Me shall plunderers come unto her, saith Hashem.

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Bavel, and shever gadol (great destruction) from Eretz Kasdim;

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52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(A)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(B)
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens(C)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers(D) against her,”
declares the Lord.

54 “The sound of a cry(E) comes from Babylon,
    the sound of great destruction(F)
    from the land of the Babylonians.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:54 Or Chaldeans