IndeedBabylonis to fall[for] the slainof Israel,[As] alsofor Babylonthe slainof allthe earthhave fallen.
"Becauseyou are glad,becauseyou are jubilant,O you who pillageMy heritage,Becauseyou skipaboutlike a threshingheiferAnd neighlike stallions,
"SummonmanyagainstBabylon,Allthose who bendthe bow:Encampagainsther on everyside,Let there be noescape. Repayher according to her work;According to allthat she has done,[so] doto her; For she has becomearrogantagainstthe LORD,Againstthe HolyOneof Israel.
"But I will repayBabylonand allthe inhabitantsof Chaldeafor alltheir evilthat they have donein Zionbefore your eyes,"declaresthe LORD.
"May the violence[done] to me and to my fleshbe upon Babylon,"The inhabitantof Zionwill say;And, "May my bloodbe upon the inhabitantsof Chaldea,"Jerusalemwill say.
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
For judgment[will be] mercilessto one who has shownnomercy;mercytriumphs overjudgment.
"And in her was foundthe bloodof prophetsand of saintsand of allwho have been slainon the earth."
Adoni-bezeksaid,"Seventykingswith their thumbsand their bigtoescutoffused to gatherup [scraps] undermy table;as I have done,soGodhas repaidme." So they broughthim to Jerusalemand he diedthere.
