9. For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against BabylonAn assembly of great nations from the north country,And they shall array themselves against her;From there she shall be captured.Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior;None shall return in vain.
10. And Chaldea shall become plunder;All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
11. “Because you were glad, because you rejoiced,You destroyers of My heritage,Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain,And you bellow like bulls,
12. Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;She who bore you shall be ashamed.Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness,A dry land and a desert.
13. Because of the wrath of the LordShe shall not be inhabited,But she shall be wholly desolate.Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrifiedAnd hiss at all her plagues.
14. “Put yourselves in array against Babylon all around,All you who bend the bow;Shoot at her, spare no arrows,For she has sinned against the Lord.
15. Shout against her all around;She has given her hand,Her foundations have fallen,Her walls are thrown down;For it is the vengeance of the Lord.Take vengeance on her.As she has done, so do to her.