Jeremiah

³⁶A sword is on the boasters,and they will become fools.A sword is on her mighty men,and they will be dismayed. ³⁷A sword is on their horses,on their chariots,and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her;and they will become as women.A sword is on her treasures,and they will be robbed. ³⁸A drought is on her waters,and they will be dried up;for it is a land of engraved images,and they are mad over idols. ³⁹Therefore the wild animals of the desertwith the wolves will dwell there.The ostriches will dwell therein;and it will be inhabited no more forever;neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. ⁴⁰As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the Lord,“so no man will dwell there,neither will any son of man live therein. ⁴¹“Behold, a people comes from the north;and a great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. ⁴²They take up bow and spear.They are cruel, and have no mercy.Their voice roars like the sea.They ride on horses,everyone set in array,as a man to the battle,against you, daughter of Babylon.