50. You who have escaped being killed with swords,leave Babylon! Don’t wait!Remember the Lord in the faraway landand think about Jerusalem.”
51. “We people of Judah are disgraced,because we have been insulted.We have been shamed,because strangers have gone intothe holy places of the Lord’s Temple!”
52. So the Lord says, “The time is coming soonwhen I will punish the idols of Babylon.Wounded people will cry with painall over that land.
53. Even if Babylon grows until she touches the sky,and even if she makes her highest cities strong,I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.
54. “Sounds of people crying are heard in Babylon.Sounds of people destroying thingsare heard in the land of the Babylonians.
55. The Lord is destroying Babylonand making the loud sounds of the city become silent.Enemies come roaring in like ocean waves.The roar of their voices is heard all around.