37. Babylon will have all of its buildings knocked down. It will be a home for wild dogs. No one will live there. People will be shocked at it. They will make fun of it.
38. All of its people roar like young lions. They growl like lion cubs.
39. They are stirred up. So I will set a big dinner in front of them. I will make them drunk. And they will shout and laugh. But then they will lie down and die. They will never wake up," announces the Lord.
40. "I will lead them down like lambs to be put to death. They will be like rams and goats that have been killed.
41. "Babylon will be captured! The whole earth was very proud of it. But it will be taken over by others! The nations will be shocked when it falls.
42. Babylon 's enemies will sweep over it like an ocean. Like roaring waves they will cover it.
43. The towns of Babylonia will be empty. It will become a dry and desert land. No one will live there. No one will even travel through it.