Jeremiah 50:21–29

²¹Go up against the land ^||of ^bMerathaim, even against it,

And against the inhabitants of ^||bcPekod:

Waste and ^dutterly destroy after them, saith the Lord,

And do ^eaccording to all that I have commanded thee.

^22fA sound of battle is in the land,

And of great destruction.

²³How is ^gthe hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!

^hHow is Babylon ⁱbecome a desolation among the nations!

^24kI have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,

And ^lthou wast not aware:

Thou art found, and also caught,

Because thou hast ^mstriven against the Lord.

²⁵The Lord hath opened his armoury,

And hath brought forth ⁿthe weapons of his indignation:

For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts

In the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁶Come against her ^†from the utmost border,

Open her storehouses:

^||oCast her up as ^pheaps, and ^ddestroy her utterly:

^ppLet nothing of her be left.

²⁷Slay all her ^qbullocks; ^qqlet them go down to the slaughter:

Woe unto them! for ^rtheir day is come,

^sThe time of their visitation.

²⁸The voice of ^tthem that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon,

To ^ttdeclare in Zion ^uvthe vengeance of the Lord our God,

^uThe vengeance of ^whis temple.

²⁹Call together ^xthe archers against Babylon:

^yAll ye that bend the bow, camp against it ^yround about;

^ppLet none thereof escape:

^zRecompense her according to her work;

According to all that she hath done, do unto her:

^aFor she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.