1 This is the message that the Lord gave me about the city of Babylon and its people:
2 “Tell the news to the nations! Proclaim it!Give the signal and announce the news!Do not keep it a secret!Babylon has fallen!Her god Marduk has been shattered!Babylon's idols are put to shame;her disgusting images are crushed!
3 “A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there.”
4 The Lord says, “When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.