1. This is the message the Lord spoke about Babylon and the Babylonian people. He spoke this message through Jeremiah the prophet.
2. “Announce this to the nations.Lift up a banner and tell them.Speak the whole message and say:‘Babylon will be captured.The god Bel will be put to shame.The god Marduk will be very afraid.Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.Her idols will be filled with terror!’
3. A nation from the north will attack Babylon.That nation will make Babylon like an empty desert.No people will live there.Both men and animals will run away from there.”