10. Yahweh has brought forth our vindication. Come and let us make known in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.
11. Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. Because his plan concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance for his temple.
12. Against the walls of Babylon raise a banner; post a strong watch, post watchmen, prepare the ambushes, for Yahweh has both planned as well as performed what he has spoken concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13. O you who live by mighty waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your life.
14. Yahweh of hosts has sworn by himself, “Surely I will fill you with troops like the creeping locusts, and they will sing over you a war cry.”
15. He is the one who made the earth by his power, the one who created the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
16. At the giving of his voice there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the patches of mist to go up from the end of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17. All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by the divine image. For his cast image is a lie, and there is no breath in them.
18. They are worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will perish.
19. The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the creator of everything, and the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of hosts is his name.
20. He says, “You are a war club for me, a weapon of battle, and I smash nations with you, and I destroy kingdoms with you.
21. And I smash the horse with you, and its rider, and I smash the chariot with you, and its rider.
22. And I smash man and woman with you, and I smash the old man and the boy with you, and I smash the young man and the young woman with you.
23. And I smash the shepherd and his flock with you, and I smash the farmer and his team with you, and I smash the governors and the officials with you.
24. And I will repay Babylon, and all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their wickedness that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares Yahweh.
25. “Look, I am against you, O mountain of the destruction,” declares Yahweh, “the one that destroys the whole earth. And I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will roll you down from the cliffs, and I will make you as a mountain burned away.
26. They will not take from you a stone for a corner, and a stone for a foundation, for you will be an everlasting desolation,” declares Yahweh.