1. This is what the Lord says:‘See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyeragainst Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
2. I will send foreigners to Babylonto winnow her and to devastate her land;they will oppose her on every sidein the day of her disaster.
3. Let not the archer string his bow,nor let him put on his armour.Do not spare her young men;completely destroy her army.
4. They will fall down slain in Babylon,fatally wounded in her streets.
5. For Israel and Judah have not been forsakenby their God, the Lord Almighty,though their land is full of guiltbefore the Holy One of Israel.