37. Babylon will become a heap of ruins.Jackals will make their home there.It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn,a place where no one lives.
38. The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey.They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
39. When their appetites are all stirred up,I will set out a banquet for them.I will make them drunkso that they will pass out,they will fall asleep forever,they will never wake up,”says the Lord.
40. “I will lead them off to be slaughteredlike lambs, rams, and male goats.”
41. “See how Babylon has been captured!See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken!See what an object of horrorBabylon has become among the nations!
42. The sea has swept over Babylon.She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
43. The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins.She has become a dry and barren desert.No one lives in those towns any more.No one even passes through them.
44. I will punish the god Bel in Babylon.I will make him spit out what he has swallowed.The nations will not come streaming to him any longer.Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall.”
45. “Get out of Babylon, my people!Flee to save your livesfrom the fierce anger of the Lord!
46. Do not lose your courage or become afraidbecause of the reports that are heard in the land.For a report will come in one year.Another report will follow it in the next.There will be violence in the landwith ruler fighting against ruler.”
47. “So the time will certainly come when I will punish the idols of Babylon.Her whole land will be put to shame.All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst.