4 Laws cannot be enforced;justice is always the loser;criminals crowd out honest peopleand twist the laws around.
5 Look and be amazedat what's happeningamong the nations!Even if you were told,you would never believewhat's taking place now.
6 I am sending the Babylonians.They are fierce and cruel—marching across the land,conquering cities and towns.
7 How fearsome and frightening.Their only laws and rulesare the ones they make up.
8 Their cavalry troops are fasterthan leopards,more ferocious than wolveshunting at sunset,and swifter than hungry eaglessuddenly swooping down.
9 They are eager to destroy,and they gather captiveslike handfuls of sand.
10 They make fun of rulersand laugh at fortresses,while building earth moundsso they can capture cities.