Because of the Lord’s wrath, she will not be inhabited; she will become a desolation, every bit of her. Everyone who passes through Babylon will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds.
And when you ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? ’ it is because of your great guilt that your skirts have been stripped off, your body exposed.
When people ask, “For what offence has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ”, you will respond to them, “Just as you abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, , as you see with your own eyes.