1 the Lord says:“Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
2 I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her.They will empty her land;for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.
3 Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow,also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail.Don’t spare her young men!Utterly destroy all her army!
4 They will fall down slain in the land of the Kasdim,and thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God,by the Lord of Hosts;though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee out of the middle of Babylon!Everyone save his own life!Don’t be cut off in her iniquity;for it is the time of the Lord’s vengeance.He will render to her a recompense.