42 They shall hold the bow and the lance;They are cruel and shall not show mercy.Their voice shall roar like the sea;They shall ride on horses,Set in array, like a man for the battle,Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 “The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,And his hands grow feeble;Anguish has taken hold of him,Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
44 “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the JordanAgainst the dwelling place of the strong;But I will make them suddenly run away from her.And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?For who is like Me?Who will arraign Me?And who is that shepherdWho will withstand Me?”
45 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
46 At the noise of the taking of BabylonThe earth trembles,And the cry is heard among the nations.