34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has destroyed us.In the past he took our people away.And we became like an empty jar.He was like a giant snake that swallowed us.He ate everything until he was full of our best things.Then he spit us out.
35 Babylon did terrible things to hurt us.Now let those things happen to Babylon,”say the people of Jerusalem.“The people of Babylon are guilty of killing our people.Now let them be punished for the evil they did,” says Jerusalem.
36 So this is what the Lord says:“I will defend you, Judah.I will make sure that Babylon is punished.I will dry up Babylon’s sea.And I will make her springs become dry.
37 Babylon will become a pile of ruins.Wild dogs will live there.People will be shocked by what happened there.No one lives there anymore.
38 Babylon’s people are like roaring young lions.They growl like baby lions.
39 While they are stirred up,I will give a feast for them.I will make them drunk.They will shout and laugh.And they will sleep forever and never wake up!” says the Lord.
40 “I will take the people of Babylon to be killed.They will be like lambs,like male sheep and goats waiting to be killed.