20 I will rescue a few peoplefrom Israel and Judah.I will forgive them so completelythat their sin and guiltwill disappear,never to be found.
21 The Lord said:I have toldthe enemies of Babylonia,“Attack the people of Merathaimand Pekod.Kill them all!Destroy their possessions!”
22 Sounds of warand the noise of destructioncan be heard.
23 Babylonia was a hammerpounding every country,but now it lies broken.What a shock to the nationsof the world!
24 Babylonia challenged me,the Lord God All-Powerful,but that nation doesn't knowit is caught in a trapthat I set.
25 I've brought out my weapons,and with them I will put a curseon Babylonia.
26 Come from far away,you enemies of Babylon!Pile up the grainfrom its storehouses,and destroy it completely,along with everything else.