Jeremiah 51:48-56

48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them Will shout and sing for joy over Babylon, For the destroyers will come against her from the north,” Says the Lord.

49Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.

50You who have escaped the sword, Go away! Do not stay! Remember the Lord from far away, And let [desolate] Jerusalem come into your mind.

51We are perplexed and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For foreigners [from Babylon] have come Into the [most] sacred parts of the sanctuary of the Lord [even those places forbidden to all but the appointed priest].

52“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When I will judge and punish the idols [of Babylon], And throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.”

53“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, Yet destroyers will come on her from Me,” says the Lord.

54The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon, And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

55For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon and make her a ruin, And He will still her great voice [that hums with city life]. And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters, The noise of their voices is raised up [like the marching of an army].

56For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon; And her mighty warriors will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the Lord is a God of [just] restitution; He will fully repay.