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.
52. Therefore see, the days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will punish her idols,and throughout the land the wounded will groan.
53. Though Babylon scale the heavens,and make her strong heights inaccessible,my destroyers shall reach her—oracle of the Lord.
54. A sound of crying from Babylon,great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
55. For the Lord lays Babylon waste,silences her loud cry,Waves roaring like mighty waters,a clamor resounding.
56. For the destroyer comes upon her, upon Babylon;warriors are captured, their bows broken;The Lord is a God of recompense,he will surely repay.
57. I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.