6 My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill;they have forgotten their resting place.
7 All who found them devoured them.Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;instead, they have sinned against the Lord,their righteous grazing land, the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.”
8 Escape from Babylon; depart from the Chaldeans’ land.Be like the rams that lead the flock.
9 For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country.They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured.Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warriorwho does not return empty-handed.
10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.This is the Lord’s declaration.
11 Because you rejoice,because you sing in triumph —you who plundered My inheritance —because you frolic like a young cow treading grainand neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be utterly humiliated;she who bore you will be put to shame.Look! She will lag behind all the nations —a dry land, a wilderness, an Arabah.