17 Did he capture every cityand make earth a desert?Is he the one who refusedto let prisoners go home?”
18 When kings die, they are buriedin glorious tombs.
19 But you will be left unburied,just another dead bodylying underfootlike a broken branch.You will be one of manykilled in battle and gone downto the deep rocky pit.
20 You won't be buried with kings;you ruined your countryand murdered your people.You evil monster!We hope that your familywill be forgotten for ever.
21 We will slaughter your sonsto make them pay for the crimesof their ancestors.They won't take over the worldor build citiesanywhere on this earth.
22 The Lord All-Powerful has promised to attack Babylonia and destroy everyone there, so that none of them will ever be remembered again.
23 The Lord will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.