17. who destroyed cities and turned the land into a desert, who captured people in war and would not let them go home?”
18. The kings of other nations lie buried with honor, each king with his own grave.
19. But you were thrown out of your grave like a branch cut from a tree and thrown away. You are like a dead man who fell in battle, trampled under the feet of other soldiers. Now you look like any other dead man wrapped in burial clothes.
20. Other kings have their own graves, but you will not join them, because you ruined your own country and killed your own people. So your wicked descendants will be stopped.
21. Prepare to kill his children, because their father is guilty. His children will never take control of the land. They will never fill the world with their cities.
22. The Lord All-Powerful said, “I will stand and fight against those people. I will destroy the famous city, Babylon. I will destroy all the people there. I will destroy their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren.” The Lord himself said this.