52. “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her landthe wounded shall groan.
53. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,and though she should fortify her strong height,yet destroyers would come from me against her,declares the Lord.
54. “A voice! A cry from Babylon!The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55. For the Lord is laying Babylon wasteand stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters;the noise of their voice is raised,
56. for a destroyer has come upon her,upon Babylon;her warriors are taken;their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense;he will surely repay.