54. The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
55. Because the Lord is plundering BabylonAnd silencing her loud voice,Though her waves roar like great waters,And the noise of their voice is uttered,
56. Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,And her mighty men are taken.Every one of their bows is broken;For the Lord is the God of recompense,He will surely repay.
57. “And I will make drunkHer princes and wise men,Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.And they shall sleep a perpetual sleepAnd not awake,” says the King,Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58. Thus says the Lord of hosts:“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken,And her high gates shall be burned with fire;The people will labor in vain,And the nations, because of the fire;And they shall be weary.”