Jeremiah 51:1-5

Christian Standard Bible

I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer^[a] against Babylon^(A)
and against the population of Leb-qamai.^[b][c]
2 I will send strangers to Babylon
who will scatter her and strip her land bare,^(B)
for they will come against her
from every side in the day of disaster.
³ Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on^[d] his armor.^(C)
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
⁴ Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
those who were pierced through, in her streets.^(D)
5 For Israel and Judah are not left widowed
by their God, the Lord of Armies,
though their land is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.^(E)