5:16 All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. 1
Their arrows will send you to your grave. 2
50:42 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
They sound like the roaring sea
as they ride forth on their horses.
Lined up in formation like men going into battle,
they are coming against you, fair Babylon! 3
13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; 4
they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, 5
they will not 6 look with pity on children.
23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 7 I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side: 23:23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, 8 Shoa, 9 and Koa, 10 and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses. 23:24 They will attack 11 you with weapons, 12 chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; 13 they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; 14 they will punish you according to their laws. 23:25 I will direct 15 my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, 16 and your survivors will die 17 by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.
1:6 Look, I am about to empower 18 the Babylonians,
that ruthless 19 and greedy 20 nation.
They sweep across the surface 21 of the earth,
seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
1:7 They are frightening and terrifying;
they decide for themselves what is right. 22
1:8 Their horses are faster than leopards
and more alert 23 than wolves in the desert. 24
Their horses 25 gallop, 26
their horses come a great distance;
like a vulture 27 they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. 28
1:9 All of them intend 29 to do violence;
every face is determined. 30
They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand. 31
1:10 They mock kings
and laugh at rulers.
They laugh at every fortified city;
they build siege ramps 32 and capture them.