At the shout,"Babylonhas been seized!"the earthis shaken,and an outcryis heardamong the nations.
My heartcriesout for Moab;His fugitivesare as faras Zoar[and] Eglath-shelishiyah,For they goup the ascentof Luhithweeping;Surelyon the roadto Horonaimthey raisea cryof distressover [their] ruin.
For the vineyardof the LORDof hostsis the houseof IsraelAnd the menof JudahHis delightfulplant.Thus He lookedfor justice,but behold,bloodshed;For righteousness,but behold,a cryof distress.
But the LORDis the true God;He is the livingGodand the everlastingKing.At His wraththe earthquakes,And the nationscannotendureHis indignation.
The nationshave heardof your shame,And the earthis fullof your cry[of distress]; For one warriorhas stumbledover another,And bothof them have fallendowntogether.
"Behold,one will comeup like a lionfrom the thicketsof the Jordanagainsta perenniallywatered pasture;for in an instantI will make him runaway from it, and whoeveris chosenI shall appointoverit. For whois likeMe, and whowill summonMe [into court]? And whothenis the shepherdwhocan standagainstMe?"
The earthhas quakedat the noiseof their downfall.There is an outcry!The noiseof it has been heardat the RedSea.
So the landquakesand writhes,For the purposesof the LORDagainstBabylonstand,To makethe landof BabylonA desolationwithoutinhabitants.
The soundof an outcryfrom Babylon,And of greatdestructionfrom the landof the Chaldeans!
Nowthe coastlandswill trembleOn the dayof your fall;Yes, the coastlandswhichare by the seaWill be terrifiedat your passing.'"
"At the soundof the cryof your pilotsThe pasturelandswill shake.
"I made the nationsquakeat the soundof its fallwhen I made it godownto Sheolwith those who godownto the pit;and allthe well-wateredtreesof Eden,the choicestand bestof Lebanon,were comfortedin the earthbeneath.
"I will makemanypeoplesappalledat you, and their kingswill be horriblyafraidof you when I brandishMy swordbeforethem; and they will trembleevery moment,everymanfor his own life,on the dayof your fall."
