2 Proclaim this among the nations, announce it!Announce it, do not hide it, but say:Babylon is captured, Bel put to shame, Marduk terrified;its images are put to shame, its idols shattered.
3 A nation from the north advances against it,making the land desolateSo that no one can live there;human beings and animals have fled.
4 In those days and at that time—oracle of the Lord—Israelite and Judahite shall come together,Weeping as they come, to seek the Lord, their God;
5 They shall ask for Zion,seeking out the way.“Come, let us join ourselves to the Lordin an everlasting covenant, never to be forgotten.”
6 Lost sheep were my people,their shepherds misled them,leading them astray on the mountains;From mountain to hill they wandered,forgetting their fold.
7 Whoever happened upon them devoured them;their enemies said, “We are not guilty,Because they sinned against the Lord,the abode of justice, the hope of their ancestors.”
8 Flee from the midst of Babylon,leave the land of the Chaldeans,be like rams at the head of the flock.