32. They will report that the fords have been captured,the reed marshes have been burned,the soldiers are terrified.
33. For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says,‘Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floorwhich has been trampled flat for harvest.The time for her to be cut down and harvestedwill come very soon.’
34. “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylondevoured me and drove my people out.Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me.He filled his belly with my riches.He made me an empty dish.He completely cleaned me out.”
35. The person who lives in Zion says,“May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.”Jerusalem says,“May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”