Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes make known to the nations that you avenge the blood of your servants which has been poured out.
All of you assemble and listen: Who among you declared these things? The one the Lord loves shall do his will against Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea.
They also shall serve many nations and great kings, and thus I will repay them according to their own deeds and according to the works of their hands. The Cup of Judgment on the Nations.
raise the war cry against it on every side. It surrenders, its bastions fall, its walls are torn down: This is retribution from the Lord! Take retribution on her, as she has done, do to her; for she sinned against the Lord.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers; The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for his resolve is Babylon’s destruction. Yes, it is retribution from the Lord, retribution for his temple.
They cried out in a loud voice, “How long will it be, holy and true master, before you sit in judgment and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”