1 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the heart of those that rise against me, a destroying wind;
2 and I will send unto Babylon strangers, who shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail; and spare not her young men: destroy utterly all her host.
4 And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah of his God of Jehovah of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.