Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of YY shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Thus saith YY -TZvaot; The children of Yisrael and the children of Yhudah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Call together the archers against Bavel: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against YY , against the Holy One of Yisrael.
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Bavel, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against YY .
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith YY , and do according to all that I have Commanded thee.
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Bavel an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Bavel, sit on the ground: there is no Throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.