Jeremiah 50:21–29

²¹“Attack the land of Merathaim

and those who live in Pekod.^d

Pursue, kill and completely destroy^c them,”

declares the Lord.

“Do everything I have commanded you.

²²The noise^e of battle is in the land,

the noise of great destruction!

²³How broken and shattered

is the hammer^f of the whole earth!^g

How desolate^h is Babylon

among the nations!

²⁴I set a trapⁱ for you, Babylon,

and you were caught before you knew it;

you were found and captured^j

because you opposed^k the Lord.

²⁵The Lord has opened his arsenal

and brought out the weapons^l of his wrath,

for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do

in the land of the Babylonians.^m

²⁶Come against her from afar.ⁿ

Break open her granaries;

pile her up like heaps of grain.^o

Completely destroy^p her

and leave her no remnant.

²⁷Kill all her young bulls;^q

let them go down to the slaughter!^r

Woe to them! For their day^s has come,

the time^t for them to be punished.

²⁸Listen to the fugitives^u and refugees from Babylon

declaring in Zion^v

how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,^w

vengeance for his temple.^x

²⁹“Summon archers against Babylon,

all those who draw the bow.^y

Encamp all around her;

let no one escape.^z

Repay^a her for her deeds;^b

do to her as she has done.

For she has defied^c the Lord,

the Holy One^d of Israel.