21. “Go against the land of Merathaim,and against those living in Pekod.Put them to the sword;completely destroy them —this is the Lord’s declaration —do everything I have commanded you.
22. The sound of war is in the land —a great destruction.
23. How the hammer of the whole earthis cut down and smashed!What a horror Babylon has becomeamong the nations!
24. Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it.You were found and capturedbecause you fought against the Lord.
25. The Lord opened His armoryand brought out His weapons of wrath, because it is a task of the Lord God of Hostsin the land of the Chaldeans.
26. Come against her from the most distant places. Open her granaries;pile her up like mounds of grainand completely destroy her.Leave her no survivors.
27. Put all her young bulls to the sword;let them go down to the slaughter.Woe to them, because their day has come,the time of their punishment.