Jeremiah 51:35-41
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May the violence done to our flesh be upon Babylon,”
say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
says Jerusalem.
36
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause
and avenge you;
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
37
Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
38
Her people all roar like young lions,
they growl like lion cubs.
39
But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever and not awake,”
declares the Lord.
40
“I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
41
“How Sheshach will be captured,
the boast of the whole earth seized!
What a horror Babylon will be
among the nations!