51:8 But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. 1
Cry out in mourning over it!
Get medicine for her wounds!
Perhaps she can be healed!
51:10 The exiles from Judah will say, 2
‘The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! 3
Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion
what the Lord our God has done!’
51:48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
will sing for joy over Babylon.
For destroyers from the north will attack it,”
says the Lord. 4
51:49 “Babylon must fall 5
because of the Israelites she has killed, 6
just as the earth’s mortally wounded fell
because of Babylon. 7
51:52 Yes, but the time will certainly come,” 8 says the Lord, 9
“when I will punish her idols.
Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.
51:53 Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky 10
and fortifies her elevated stronghold, 11
I will send destroyers against her,” 12
says the Lord. 13
51:55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,
and put an end to her loud noise.
Their waves 14 will roar like turbulent 15 waters.
They will make a deafening noise. 16
51:58 This is what the Lord who rules over all 17 says,
“Babylon’s thick wall 18 will be completely demolished. 19
Her high gates will be set on fire.
The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. 20
The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.” 21