23. Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces.But see how that ‘hammer’ has been broken and shattered!See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
24. I set a trap for you, Babylon;you were caught before you knew it.You fought against me.So you were found and captured.
25. I have opened up the place where my weapons are stored.I have brought out the weapons for carrying out my wrath.For I, the Lord God who rules over all, have work to carry out in the land of Babylonia.
26. Come from far away and attack Babylonia!Open up the places where she stores her grain!Pile her up in ruins! Destroy her completely!Do not leave anyone alive!
27. Kill all her soldiers!Let them be slaughtered!They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come,the time for them to be punished.”