1 Thus says the Lord:“Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyeragainst Babylon,against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,and they shall winnow her,and they shall empty her land,when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
3 Let not the archer bend his bow,and let him not stand up in his armor.Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsakenby their God, the Lord of hosts,but the land of the Chaldeans is full of guiltagainst the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee from the midst of Babylon;let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance,the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine;therefore the nations went mad.