42. against Babylon the sea rises,she is overwhelmed by roaring waves!
43. Her cities have become wasteland,a parched and arid landWhere no one lives,no one passes through.
44. I will punish Bel in Babylon,and make him vomit up what he swallowed;nations shall no longer stream to him.Even the wall of Babylon falls!
45. Leave her, my people; each of you save your own lifefrom the burning wrath of the Lord.
46. Do not be discouraged when rumors spread through the land; this year one rumor comes, next year another: “Violence in the land!” or “Ruler against ruler!”
47. Realize that the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; the whole land shall be put to shame, all her slain shall fall in her midst.
48. Then heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north—oracle of the Lord.
49. Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.
50. You who have escaped the sword,go, do not stand idle;Remember the Lord from far away,let Jerusalem come to mind.
51. We are ashamed because we have heard taunts,disgrace covers our faces;strangers have entered sanctuaries in the Lord’s house.