Jeremiah 51:1-14 So says Jehovah, Behold, I am arousing a destroying wind against Babylon, and against those dwelling in the heart of My foes.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ So says Jehovah, Behold, I am arousing a destroying wind against Babylon, and against those dwelling in the heart of My foes. ² And I will send foreigners to Babylon who will sift her and shall empty her land. For in the day of evil, they shall be against her all around. ³ Do not let the treader fully tread his bow nor lift himself up in his armor. And do not spare her young men, utterly destroy all her army. ⁴ So the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, yea, pierced through in her streets. ⁵ For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken by his God, by Jehovah of Hosts, though their land was filled with guilt against the Holy One of Israel. ⁶ Flee out of the middle of Babylon; yea, each man deliver his soul. Do not be silenced in her iniquity, for the time of the vengeance of Jehovah is here; He will give her a just reward. ⁷ Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of Jehovah, making all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations rage. ⁸ Suddenly Babylon has fallen, and it is broken. Wail for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed. ⁹ We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go, each one into his own country. For her judgment reaches to the heavens, and is lifted up to the skies. ¹⁰ Jehovah has brought forth our righteousness; come and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God. ¹¹ Purify the arrows, fill the shields; Jehovah has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of His temple. ¹² Set up the banner to Babylon's walls, make the watch strong; set up the watches, prepare the ambushes. For Jehovah has both planned and has done that which He spoke against the people of Babylon. ¹³ O you who live by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your unjust gain. ¹⁴ Jehovah of Hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a shout against you.