The LORDhas openedHis armoryAnd has broughtforththe weaponsof His indignation,For it is a workof the LordGODof hostsIn the landof the Chaldeans.
GirdYour swordon [Your] thigh,O MightyOne,[In] Your splendorand Your majesty!
Your arrowsare sharp;The peoplesfallunderYou; [Your arrows are] in the heartof the King'senemies.
Anyonewho is foundwill be thrustthrough,And anyonewho is capturedwill fallby the sword.
"Raiseyour battlecryagainsther on everyside!She has givenherselfup, her pillarshave fallen,Her wallshave been torndown.For thisis the vengeanceof the LORD:Takevengeanceon her; As she has done[to others, so] doto her.
[He says], "You are My war-club,[My] weaponof war;And with you I shatternations,And with you I destroykingdoms.
"Behold,I am againstyou, O destroyingmountain,Who destroysthe wholeearth,"declaresthe LORD,"And I will stretchout My handagainstyou, And rollyou downfrom the crags,And I will makeyou a burntout mountain.
For the LORDis going to destroyBabylon,And He will make[her] loudnoisevanishfrom her. And their waveswill roarlike manywaters;The tumultof their voicessoundsforth.
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
"For thisreasonin onedayher plagueswill come,pestilenceand mourningand famine,and she will be burnedup with fire;for the LordGodwho judgesher is strong.
