1 The Lord says,“I will cause a destructive wind to blowagainst Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia.
2 I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare.This will happen when they come against her from every direction,when it is time to destroy her.
3 Do not give her archers time to string their bowsor to put on their coats of armor.Do not spare any of her young men.Completely destroy her whole army.
4 Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia,mortally wounded in the streets of her cities.
5 “For Israel and Judah will not be forsakenby their God, the Lord who rules over all.For the land of Babylonia is full of guiltagainst the Holy One of Israel.