22. The noise of battle is in the land,the noise of great destruction!
23. How broken and shatteredis the hammer of the whole earth!How desolate is Babylonamong the nations!
24. I set a trap for you, Babylon,and you were caught before you knew it;you were found and capturedbecause you opposed the Lord.
25. The Lord has opened his arsenaland brought out the weapons of his wrath,for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to doin the land of the Babylonians.
26. Come against her from afar.Break open her granaries;pile her up like heaps of grain.Completely destroy herand leave her no remnant.
27. Kill all her young bulls;let them go down to the slaughter!Woe to them! For their day has come,the time for them to be punished.