1 Thus says the Lord: I will raise up against Babylon,and against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,the spirit of a destroyer.
2 And I will send foreigners to Babylonthat they may winnow her and empty her land.For in the day of troublethey will be against her all around.
3 Let not him who bends his bow bend it,and let him not rise up in his scale-armor,and do not spare her young men;utterly destroy all her host.
4 Thus the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,and those who are thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah,by his God, the Lord of Hosts,though their land was filled with sinagainst the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon,and each of you deliver his soul!Do not be cut off in her punishment,for this is the time of the vengeance of the Lord;He will render to her a recompense.