1-2 The Lord told me to say:Announce what will happenand don't leave anything out.Raise the signal flags;shout so all nations can hear—Babylon will be captured!Marduk, Babylon's god,will be ashamed and terrified,and his idols broken.
3 The attack on the Babylonianswill come from the north;they and their animals will run,leaving the land empty.
4 The Lord said:People of Israel and Judah,when these things happenyou will weep, and togetheryou will return to your landand worship me,the Lord your God.
5 You will ask the way to Zionand then come and join with mein making an agreementyou won't break or forget.
6 My people, you are lost sheepabandoned by their shepherdsin the mountains.You don't even rememberyour resting place.