24. I have laid a snare for you,and you were also caught, O Babylon,and you were not aware.You have been found, and also caught,because you have striven against the Lord.
25. The Lord has opened His armoryand has brought out the weapons of His indignation,for this is the work of the Lord God of Hostsin the land of the Chaldeans.
26. Come against her from the utmost border,open her storehouses;cast her up as heaps and destroy her utterly;let nothing of her be left.
27. Slay all her bulls,let them go down to the slaughter.Woe to them! For their day has come,the time of their punishment.
28. There is the sound of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon,to declare in Zionthe vengeance of the Lord our God,the vengeance of His temple.
29. Call together the archers against Babylon.All you who bend the bow,encamp against it all around;let no one escape.Recompense her according to her work;according to all that she has done, do to her,for she has been proud against the Lord,against the Holy One of Israel.
30. Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,says the Lord.
31. I am against you, O most proud,says the Lord God of Hosts,for your day has come,the time when I will punish you.
32. The most proud will stumble and fall,and no one will raise him up;and I will kindle a fire in his cities,and it will devour all all around him.
33. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: The sons of Israel and the sons of Judahwere oppressed together;and all who took them captives held them fast;they refused to let them go.
34. Their Redeemer is strong;the Lord of Hosts is His name.He will thoroughly plead their case,that He may give rest to the land,but disquiet to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35. A sword is against the Chaldeans,says the Lord,and against the inhabitants of Babylon,and against her officials, and against her wise men.
36. A sword is against the oracle priests,and they will become fools.A sword is against her mighty men,and they shall be dismayed.
37. A sword is against their horses, and against their chariots,and against all the foreigners who are in her midst;and they will become as women.A sword is against her treasures,and they will be robbed.
38. A drought is against her waters,and they will be dried up.For it is the land of graven images,and they are mad over their idols.