14. The Lord All-Powerful has promised in his own name:‘Babylon, I will surely fill you with so many enemy soldiers they will be like a swarm of locusts.They will stand over you and shout their victory.’
15. “The Lord made the earth by his power.He used his wisdom to build the worldand his understanding to stretch out the skies.
16. When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar.He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth.He sends lightning with the rainand brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17. “People are so stupid and know so little.Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols,because those statues are only false gods.They have no breath in them.
18. They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
19. But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols.He made everything,and he chose Israel to be his special people.The Lord All-Powerful is his name.
20. “You are my war club,my battle weapon.I use you to smash nations.I use you to destroy kingdoms.
21. I use you to smash horses and riders.I use you to smash chariots and drivers.
22. I use you to smash men and women.I use you to smash old people and young people.I use you to smash young men and young women.