2. I will send foreigners to winnow Babylon, and they will take everything from the city. Armies will surround the city, and there will be terrible destruction.
3. The Babylonian soldiers will not get to use their bows and arrows. They will not even put on their armor. Don’t feel sorry for the soldiers of Babylon. Destroy her army completely!
4. Babylon’s soldiers will be killed in the land of the Chaldeans. They will be badly wounded in the streets of Babylon.”
5. The Lord All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah alone, like a widow. No, they are guilty of leaving the Holy One of Israel. Their God did not leave them. They left him!