20 “You are my war club,my battle weapon.I use you to smash nations.I use you to destroy kingdoms.
21 I use you to smash horses and riders.I use you to smash chariots and drivers.
22 I use you to smash men and women.I use you to smash old people and young people.I use you to smash young men and young women.
23 I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.I use you to smash farmers and oxen.I use you to smash governors and officers.
24 “But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.
25 The Lord says,“Babylon, you are a destroying mountain,and I am against you.You have destroyed the whole land.I will put my hand out against you.I will roll you off the cliffs,and I will make you a burned-out mountain.
26 People will not find any rocks in Babylon big enough for cornerstones.People will not take any rocks from Babylon to use for the foundation of a building,because your city will be just a pile of ruins forever,” says the Lord.