18 They are worth nothing.People make fun of them.When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
19 But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols.God made everything.And he made Israel to be his special people.The Lord of heaven’s armies is his name.
20 “You are my war club.You are my battle weapon.I use you to smash nations.I use you to destroy kingdoms.
21 I use you to smash horse and rider.I use you to smash chariot and driver.
22 I use you to smash men and women.I use you to smash old men and young men.I use you to smash young men and young women.
23 I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.I use you to smash farmers and oxen.I use you to smash governors and officers.
24 “But I will pay Babylon back, and I will pay back all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem,” says the Lord.