47. “Therefore, behold, the days are comingwhen I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame,and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48. Then the heavens and the earth,and all that is in them,shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,declares the Lord.
49. Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
50. “You who have escaped from the sword,go, do not stand still!Remember the Lord from far away,and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
51. ‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have comeinto the holy places of the Lord’s house.’
52. “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her landthe wounded shall groan.
53. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,and though she should fortify her strong height,yet destroyers would come from me against her,declares the Lord.
54. “A voice! A cry from Babylon!The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55. For the Lord is laying Babylon wasteand stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters;the noise of their voice is raised,
56. for a destroyer has come upon her,upon Babylon;her warriors are taken;their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense;he will surely repay.