39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desertwith the wild beasts of the islands will dwell there,and the ostriches will dwell in it.It will be inhabited no more forever,nor will it be lived in from generation to generation.
40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrahand the neighboring cities,says the Lord,so no man will abide there,nor will any son of man dwell in it.
41 Look! A people shall come from the northand a great nation, and many kingswill be raised up from the remote parts of the earth.
42 They will hold the bow and the lance;they are cruel and will not show mercy.Their voice shall roar like the sea;and they shall ride on horses,everyone put in array, like a man to the battle,against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them,and his hands waxed feeble.Anguish took hold of him,and pangs as of a woman in labor.
44 He will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordanto the perpetually watered meadow.But I will make them suddenly run away from it,and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?And who is the shepherd that can stand before Me?
45 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Babylon,and His purposes that He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:Surely the least of the flock will drag them out.Surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.