47. The time will surely come when I will punish the false gods of Babylon, and the whole land of Babylon will be put to shame. There will be many dead people, lying in the streets of that city.
48. Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout with joy about Babylon. They will shout because an army came from the north and fought against Babylon.” This is what the Lord said.
49. “Babylon killed people from Israel. Babylon killed people from every place on earth. So Babylon must fall!
50. You people escaped the swords. You must hurry and leave Babylon. Don’t wait! You are in a faraway land, but remember the Lord where you are and remember Jerusalem.”
51. “We people of Judah are ashamed. We have been insulted, because strangers have gone into the holy places of the Lord’S Temple.”
52. The Lord says, “The time is coming, when I will punish the idols of Babylon. At that time wounded people will cry with pain everywhere in that country.
53. Babylon might grow until she touches the sky. Babylon might make her forts strong, but I will send people to fight against that city. And they will destroy her.” This is what the Lord said.
54. “We can hear people crying in Babylon. We hear the sound of people destroying things in the land of Babylon.