8. “Move from the midst of Babylon,Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;And be like the rams before the flocks.
9. For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against BabylonAn assembly of great nations from the north country,And they shall array themselves against her;From there she shall be captured.Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior;None shall return in vain.
10. And Chaldea shall become plunder;All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
11. “Because you were glad, because you rejoiced,You destroyers of My heritage,Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain,And you bellow like bulls,
12. Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;She who bore you shall be ashamed.Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness,A dry land and a desert.
13. Because of the wrath of the LordShe shall not be inhabited,But she shall be wholly desolate.Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrifiedAnd hiss at all her plagues.