41. “Sheshach has been captured.Babylon, the city that the whole world praised, has been taken captive.
42. What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations!The sea will rise over Babylon,and its roaring waves will cover it.
43. Its cities will be ruined.It will become a desert, a land where no one livesand where no human travels.
44. I will punish Bel in Babylon.I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed.Nations will no longer stream to Babylon,and its walls will fall.
45. “Leave it, my people!Run for your lives!Run from the burning anger of the Lord.