37 Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,a haunt of jackals;A place of horror and hissing,without inhabitants.
38 They roar like lions,growl like lion cubs.
39 When they are parched, I will set drink before themto make them drunk, that they may be overcomewith everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter,like rams and goats.
41 How she has been seized, taken captive,the glory of the whole world!What a horror Babylon has become among the nations:
42 against Babylon the sea rises,she is overwhelmed by roaring waves!
43 Her cities have become wasteland,a parched and arid landWhere no one lives,no one passes through.