1 This is what the lord says:“I will stir up a destroyer against Babylonand the people of Babylonia.
2 Foreigners will come and winnow her,blowing her away as chaff.They will come from every sideto rise against her in her day of trouble.
3 Don’t let the archers put on their armoror draw their bows.Don’t spare even her best soldiers!Let her army be completely destroyed.
4 They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians,slashed to death in her streets.
5 For the lord of Heaven’s Armieshas not abandoned Israel and Judah.He is still their God,even though their land was filled with sinagainst the Holy One of Israel.”