1. The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia through the prophet Jeremiah.
2. “Announce the news among the nations! Proclaim it!Signal for people to pay attention! Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say:‘Babylon will be captured.Bel will be put to shame.Marduk will be dismayed.Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.Her disgusting images will be dismayed.
3. For a nation from the north will attack Babylon.It will lay her land waste.People and animals will flee out of it.No one will inhabit it.’
4. “When that time comes,” says the Lord,“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together.They will come back with tears of repentanceas they seek the Lord their God.