44
"I will punish Bel in Bavel and make him disgorge what he swallowed. The nations will no longer flow to him. Bavel's wall will fall.
45
Get out of her, my people! Each one, save yourself from ADONAI's furious anger!
46
Don't be fainthearted, don't be afraid of the rumors spreading abroad in the land. One year one rumor comes, the next year another one, rumors of violence in the land and rulers fighting rulers.
47
Therefore, listen! The days are coming when I will pass judgment on Bavel's idols. Her whole land will be put to shame, as all her slain fall on home soil.
48
Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Bavel; for the plunderers from the north are coming to her," says ADONAI.
49
Just as Bavel caused the slain of Isra'el to fall, so at Bavel will fall the slain of all the land.
50
You who escaped the sword, go! Don't stand still! Remember ADONAI from afar, let Yerushalayim come into your minds.
51
"The reproaches we have heard have put us to shame, disgrace covers our faces; because foreigners have entered the sanctuaries of ADONAI's house."
52
"Therefore," says ADONAI, "the days are coming when I will pass judgment on her idols, and the wounded will groan throughout her land.
53
Even if Bavel scales the heavens or reinforces her lofty stronghold, plunderers will come to her from me," says ADONAI.
54
An agonized cry is heard from Bavel! Great destruction in the land of the Kasdim!