34. "Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35. "A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the Lord, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men!
36. "A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!
37. "A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
38. "A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols.
39. "Therefore the desert creatures will live there along with the jackals; The ostriches also will live in it, And it will never again be inhabited Or dwelt in from generation to generation.
40. "As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors," declares the Lord, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it.
41. "Behold, a people is coming from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.