1 This is the message the Lord spoke to Babylon and the Babylonian people through Jeremiah the prophet.
2 “Announce this to the nations.Lift up a banner and tell them.Speak the whole message and say:‘Babylon will be captured.The god Bel will be put to shame,and the god Marduk will be afraid.Babylon’s gods will be put to shame,and her idols will be afraid!’
3 A nation from the north will attack Babylonand make it like an empty desert.No one will live there;both people and animals will run away.”
4 The Lord says, “At that timethe people of Israel and Judah will come together.They will cry and look for the Lord their God.