51. You say, ‘We've been disgraced and made ashamed; we feel completely helpless because foreigners have taken over the holy places in the Temple.’
52. So then, I say that the time is coming when I will deal with Babylon's idols, and the wounded will groan throughout the country.
53. Even if Babylon could climb to the sky and build a strong fortress there, I would still send people to destroy it. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
54. The Lord says,“Listen to the sound of crying in Babylon,of mourning for the destruction in the land.