46. Now so that you are not fainthearted, and you are afraid at the rumors that are heard in the land— and in the year the rumor comes, and in the year after it the rumor, and violence is in the land, with ruler against ruler—
47. therefore look, days are coming, and I will punish the images of Babylon, and all her land will be put to shame, and all her slain ones will fall in the midst of her.
48. Then the heaven and the earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for from the north the destroyers will come to it,” declares Yahweh.
49. Babylon must fall not only because of the slain ones of Israel, but also because of Babylon the slain ones of all the earth have fallen.
50. Survivors of the sword, go! You must not linger! Remember Yahweh from far away, and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
51. We are ashamed, for we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces, for strangers have come to the holy places of the house of Yahweh.
52. “Therefore look, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “and I will punish her images, and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.
53. Though Babylon goes up to the heavens, and though she fortifies the high place of her strength, from me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.