18. Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Look, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.
19. And I will restore Israel to its pasture, and it will feed on Carmel, and in Bashan, and on the hills of Ephraim, and in Gilead its hunger will be satisfied.
20. In those days and at that time,” declares Yahweh, “the guilt of Israel will be sought, but there is none, and the sins of Judah, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I left behind.
21. To the land of Merathaim, go up against her, and against the inhabitants of Pekod, massacre and destroy them,” declares Yahweh, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
22. The sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.