Jeremiah 51:1-5

Revised Standard Version

51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon,
    against the inhabitants of Chalde′a;^[a]
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
    and they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.
³ Let not the archer bend his bow,
    and let him not stand up in his coat of mail.
Spare not her young men;
    utterly destroy all her host.
⁴ They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chalde′ans,
    and wounded in her streets.
⁵ For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
    by their God, the Lord of hosts;
but the land of the Chalde′ans^[b] is full of guilt
    against the Holy One of Israel.