31. I’m against you, you arrogant one!declares the Lord Godof heavenly forces.Your day has come,your time of reckoning.
32. The arrogant one will stumble and fall,and no one will help her up.I’ll set your cities on fire,and it will consume all that’s around her.
33. The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:The people of Israel were oppressed,together with the people of Judah.Their captors held themand refused to let them go.
34. Yet their redeemer is strong;the Lord of heavenly forces is his name.He will surely defend their causeand give them rest in the land.But he will unsettlethe people of Babylon.
35. A sword against Babylon and its people,declares the Lord, along with its officials and sages.
36. A sword against its divinersso that they become fools.A sword against its warriorsso that they are terrified.
37. A sword against its horsesand chariots,and the mercenaries in its midstso that they lose courage.A sword against its treasuresso that they are looted.
38. A sword against the water suppliesso that they dry up.It is truly the land of idols,idols about which they have gone utterly mad!