13 Because of the Lord’s anger,no one will live there.She will be completely empty.Everyone who passes by Babylon will be shocked.They will shake their heads when they see all her injuries.
14 “Take your positions for war against Babylon,all you soldiers with bows.Shoot your arrows at Babylon! Do not save any of them,because Babylon has sinned against the Lord.
15 Soldiers around Babylon, shout the war cry!Babylon has surrendered, her towers have fallen,and her walls have been torn down.The Lord is giving her people the punishment they deserve.You nations should give her what she deserves;do to her what she has done to others.
16 Don’t let the people from Babylon plant their cropsor gather the harvest.The soldiers treated their captives cruelly.Now, let everyone go back home.Let everyone run to his own country.
17 “The people of Israel are like a flock of sheep that are scatteredfrom being chased by lions.The first lion to eat them upwas the king of Assyria.The last lion to crush their boneswas Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
18 So this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says:“I will punish the king of Babylon and his countryas I punished the king of Assyria.
19 But I will bring the people of Israel back to their own pasture.They will eat on Mount Carmel and in Bashan.They will eat and be fullon the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.”