18. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
19. I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20. In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
21. “Go up against the land of Merathaim,and against the inhabitants of Pekod.Kill, and devote them to destruction,declares the Lord,and do all that I have commanded you.
22. The noise of battle is in the land,and great destruction!
23. How the hammer of the whole earthis cut down and broken! How Babylon has becomea horror among the nations!
24. I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,and you did not know it;you were found and caught,because you opposed the Lord.
25. The Lord has opened his armoryand brought out the weapons of his wrath,for the Lord God of hosts has a work to doin the land of the Chaldeans.
26. Come against her from every quarter;open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;let nothing be left of her.
27. Kill all her bulls;let them go down to the slaughter.Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
28. “A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple.