9. See, I am stirring up against Babylona band of great nations from the land of the north;They are arrayed against her,from there she shall be taken.Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warriorwho never returns empty-handed.
10. Chaldea shall become plunder;all its plunderers shall be enriched—oracle of the Lord.
11. Yes, rejoice and exult,you that plunder my heritage;Frisk like calves on the grass,neigh like stallions!
12. Your mother will indeed be put to shame,she that bore you shall be abashed;See, the last of the nations,a wilderness, a dry wasteland.
13. Because of the Lord’s wrath it shall be uninhabited,become an utter wasteland;Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalledand hiss at all its wounds.
14. Take your posts encircling Babylon,you who bend the bow;Shoot at it, do not spare your arrows,
15. raise the war cry against it on every side.It surrenders, its bastions fall,its walls are torn down:This is retribution from the Lord! Take retribution on her,as she has done, do to her;for she sinned against the Lord.
16. Cut off the sower from Babylonand those who wield sickles at harvest time!Before the destroying sword,all of them turn back to their own people,all flee to their own land.