37. Let a sword kill its horses and chariots.Let a sword kill all the soldiers hired from other countries!They will be like frightened women.Let there be a sword against Babylon’s treasures!They will be taken away.
38. Let there be a sword against its waters!They will be dried up.It is a land of idols.Those idols will go crazy with fear.
39. “Babylon will never be filled with people again.Desert animals and hyenas will live there.Owls will live there.But no people will live there ever again.
40. God completely destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrahand the towns around them,” says the Lord.“In the same way no people will live in Babylon.No man will stay there.
41. “Look! An army is coming from the north.It comes from a powerful nation.Many kings are coming together from all around the world.
42. Their armies have bows and spears.The soldiers are cruel and have no mercy.The soldiers come riding on their horses.And the sound is loud like the roaring sea.They stand in their places, ready for battle.They are ready to attack you, city of Babylon.
43. The king of Babylon heard about those armies.And he became helpless because of his fear.His fear is like pain.It is like the pain of a woman having a baby.
44. “A lion will come from the thick bushes near the Jordan River.It will go into the rich pastures where people feed their flocks.I am like that lion! I will suddenly chase the people of Babylon from their land.Who is the one I have chosen to do this?There is no one like me.There is no one who can challenge me.None of their leaders can stand up against me.”
45. So listen to what the Lord has planned to do against Babylon.Listen to what he has decided to do to the people in Babylon.He will surely drag away the young ones of Babylon.Babylon’s pastures will be destroyed because of them.
46. At the sound of Babylon’s fall, the earth will shake.People in all nations will hear about their destruction.