40. “I will take the people of Babylon to be killed.They will be like lambs,like sheep and goats waiting to be killed.
41. “How Babylon has been defeated!The pride of the whole earth has been taken captive.People from other nations are shocked at what happened to Babylon,and the things they see make them afraid.
42. The sea has risen over Babylon;its roaring waves cover her.
43. Babylon’s towns are ruined and empty.It has become a dry, desert land,a land where no one lives.People do not even travel through Babylon.
44. I will punish the god Bel in Babylon.I will make him spit out what he has swallowed.Nations will no longer come to Babylon;even the wall around the city will fall.
45. “Come out of Babylon, my people!Run for your lives!Run from the Lord’s great anger.