become a desolation among all the nations?

I have delivered thee, O Babylon; therefore thou art taken before thou knowest: thou art smitten and taken, because thou hast trespassed against the LORD.

The LORD hath opened his treasure, and brought forth the weapons of his wrath: for the LORD of hosts hath shewed it in the land of the Chaldeans.

Come up against her, ye of the end, open her granaries, cast them into a heap, and banish her, that nothing be left unto her.

Slay all their oxen, bring them down to the slaughter. Woe unto them! For the day is come, the time of their visitation.

The cry of the fugitives, and of them that escape out of the land of Babylon, is heard, that they may declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, and the vengeance of his temple.

Call many against Babylon, besiege her round about, all the archers, and let none escape: repay her according to her deserts; as she hath done, so do ye again. For she has acted proudly against the LORD, the Holy One of Israel,

Therefore their young men shall fall in their streets, and all their men of war shall perish in that day, saith the LORD:

Behold, thou proud one, I will be with thee, saith the LORD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time of thy visitation.

And the proud man shall fall, and fall down, and no man shall lift him up: and I will set his cities on fire, and it shall devour all that is round about him.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, the children of Israel, and the children of Judah, suffer violence and wrong: all that carried them away captive hold them, and will not let them go.

But their Redeemer is strong, whose name is the LORD of hosts: he shall accomplish their cause, and shall make the land to shake, and the inhabitants of Babylon to tremble.

The sword shall come, saith the LORD, upon the Chaldeans, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon their princes, and upon their wise men.

The sword shall come upon their diviners, and they shall become fools. A sword shall come upon their mighty men, and they shall despair.

And the sword shall come upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are therein, and they shall become women. The sword shall come upon their treasures, and they shall be spoiled.

Dryness shall come upon their waters, and they shall be dried up: for it is an idolatrous land, and they defy their abominable idols.

Therefore the great beasts and the fowls shall dwell therein, and the young ostriches: it shall never be inhabited, neither shall any man dwell therein for ever, 40. As God turned back Sodom and Gomorrah with their neighbours, saith the LORD, that no man dwelleth therein, neither dwelleth therein.

Behold, a people cometh from the north: many nations and many kings shall arise from the side of the land.

They have bows and shields, they are cruel and ruthless; their shout is like the roar of the sea; they ride upon horses, armed as men of war against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

When the king of Babylon heareth of their tidings, his fists shall fall out: he shall be as afraid as a woman in childbearing.

Behold, he cometh up as a lion from the proud Jordan against the strong holds: for there will I make him to run in haste. And who knoweth who the young man is, whom I will prepare against them? For who is like unto me? Who will master me, and who is the shepherd that can withstand me?

Hear therefore the counsel of the LORD, which he hath concerning Babylon, and the thoughts which he hath concerning the inhabitants of the land of the Chaldeans. What matter if the shepherds drag them, and destroy their habitation?

And the earth shall shake with the cry, and shall resound among the nations, when Babylon shall be won.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 51
The prophecy of the destruction of Babylon is repeated and confirmed.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up a sharp wind against Babylon, and against her inhabitants, which have set themselves against me.

And I will send also whoremongers to Babylon, and they shall whoremonger them, and sweep out their land, which shall be round about them in the day of their calamity.

For their archers shall not shoot, and their armour shall not be able to defend themselves. Now therefore spare not her young men, banish all her host,

That the slain should lie there in the land of the Chaldeans, and the slain in their streets.

For Israel and Judah shall not be left widows of their God, the LORD of hosts. For that land hath borrowed heavily of the Holy One in Israel.

Flee from Babylon, that every man may save his soul, that ye perish not in their iniquity. For this is the time of the vengeance of the LORD, who is a revenger, and will pay them.

The golden cup of Babylon, which made all the world drunken, is in the hand of the LORD.
All the heathen have drunk of her wine: therefore have the heathen become great.

How suddenly is Babylon fallen and broken! Hail over her, and take ointment for her wounds, that she may be healed.

We heal Babylon, but she will not be healed. Let her therefore depart, and let us go every man to his own land. For her punishment reacheth unto heaven, And reacheth up to the clouds.

The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness. Come, let us tell in Zion the works of the LORD our God.

Now therefore polish ye the arrows, and prepare ye the shields. The LORD hath stirred up the courage of the kings of Media. For his thoughts are against Babylon, to destroy her: for this is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Now therefore set a watch upon the walls of Babylon; take ye the guard, set ye the watch, set ye the watch. For the LORD remembereth, and will do, what he hath spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Thou that dwellest by great waters, and hast great treasures: thine end is come, and thy covetousness is ended.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by his soul: I will fill thee with men, as with beetles, and they shall sing unto thee,

Who made the earth by his power, and prepared the world by his wisdom, and prepared the heavens in order.

When he thundereth, there is multitude of waters under heaven; he causeth the mists to come up from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings in the rain, and sendeth the wind out of secret places.

All men are fools in their art, and all goldsmiths are ashamed of their images: for their idols are deceitfulness, and have no life.

It is vain nothing, and deceitful work; they must perish when they are afflicted.

But he that is Jacob’s treasure is not he; but he that maketh all things is he; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance. His name is called the LORD of hosts.

Thou art my hammer, my weapon of war: by thee have I broken in pieces the heathen, and destroyed the kingdoms.

I will break in pieces thy horses and thy horsemen; I will break in pieces thy chariots and thy horsemen;

I will break in pieces thy husbands and thy wives; I will break in pieces thy old men and thy young men; I will break in pieces thy young men and thy maidens; 23. I will break in pieces thy shepherds and thy flocks; I will break in pieces thy peasants and thy yoke; I will break in pieces thy princes and thy lords.

For I will recompense Babylon, and all the inhabitants of the Chaldeans, for all their wickedness which they have committed against Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

Behold, I am against thee, thou evil mountain, which destroyest all the earth, saith the
LORD; I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rock, and will make thee a burnt mountain,

That neither corner stone nor foundation stone may be taken out of thee, but thou shalt be an everlasting desolation, saith the LORD.

Throw up bands in the land, blow ye the trumpets among the nations, sanctify the heathen against them; call against them the kingdoms of Ararat, Meni, and Askenaz; appoint captains against them; bring up horses like fluttering beetles.

Sanctify the heathen against them, even the kings of Media, with all their princes and lords, and all the land of their dominion.

And the land shall shake, and be afraid: for the thoughts of the LORD will be fulfilled against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, wherein no man dwelleth.

The mighty men of Babylon shall not go forth into the field, but shall abide in the fortress.
Their strength is gone, and they are become women; their dwellings are set on fire, and their bars are broken.

Here and there one goeth out to meet another, and here and there one message meeteth another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is won unto the end, 32. and the fords were taken, and the lakes were burned, and the men of war were dumb.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, when it is threshed: her harvest shall come in quickly.

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath devoured me, and slain me; he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon; he hath filled his belly with my baseness;