12
Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has deliberated and shall put into effect that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13
O thou that dwellest among many waters, rich in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
14
The LORD of the hosts has sworn by himself,
saying, Surely I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they shall sing the song
of the winepress against thee.
15
He is the one who makes the earth by his power; he upholds the world by his wisdom and extends the heavens by his intelligence;
16
he who gives with
his voice a multitude of waters from heaven, then he causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings with the rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
17
Every man has become carnal and is without knowledge; let every founder be ashamed of the graven image: for his molten image
is falsehood, and
there is no breath in them.
18
They
are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19
The portion of Jacob
is not like them; for he
is the Former of all things; and
Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the LORD of the hosts
is his name.
20
Thou
art my hammer, O weapons of war: for with thee I will break in pieces the Gentiles, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms;
21
and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariots and their riders;
22
with thee also I will break in pieces men and women; and with thee I will break in pieces old and young; and with thee I will break in pieces young men and virgins;