51:25 The Lord says, 1 “Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! 2
You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth.
I will unleash my power against you; 3
I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain. 4
51:26 No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone.
No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house.
For you will lie desolate forever,” 5
says the Lord. 6
51:29 The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. 7
For the Lord will carry out his plan.
He plans to make the land of Babylonia 8
a wasteland where no one lives. 9
51:37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins.
Jackals will make their home there. 10
It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn,
a place where no one lives. 11