74:20 Remember your covenant promises, 1
for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. 2
137:8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! 3
How blessed will be the one who repays you
for what you dished out to us! 4
137:9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies
and smashes them on a rock! 5
13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; 6
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold. 7
13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; 8
they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, 9
they will not 10 look with pity on children.
14:6 It 11 furiously struck down nations
with unceasing blows. 12
It angrily ruled over nations,
oppressing them without restraint. 13
47:6 I was angry at my people;
I defiled my special possession
and handed them over to you.
You showed them no mercy; 14
you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. 15
1:6 Look, I am about to empower 16 the Babylonians,
that ruthless 17 and greedy 18 nation.
They sweep across the surface 19 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. 20
1:8 Their horses are faster than leopards
and more alert 21 than wolves in the desert. 22
Their horses 23 gallop, 24
their horses come a great distance;
like a vulture 25 they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. 26
16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,
so 28 you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” 29