14. Then people everywhere will know the Lord’s greatness.This news will spread like water covering the sea.
15. “How terrible for the nation that becomes angry and makes others suffer.In anger they knock other people to the ground.And they treat them as if they are naked and drunk.
16. You Babylonians will receive the Lord’s anger, not respect.This anger will be like a cup of poison in the Lord’s right hand.You will taste this anger and fall to the ground like a drunk person.You will drink from this cup.You will receive disgrace, not respect.
17. You hurt many people in Lebanon.Now you will be hurt.You killed many animals there.And now you must be afraid.You will be afraid because of what you didto those cities and the people who lived in them.
18. “An idol does no good, because a man made it.It is only a statue that teaches lies.The person who made it expects his own work to help him.But it can’t even speak!