I use you to smash shepherds and flocks. I use you to smash farmers and oxen. I use you to smash governors and officers.
I use you to smash men and women. I use you to smash old people and young people. I use you to smash young men and young women.
“But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.
I will make Babylon’s rulers and wise men drunk, and her governors, officers, and soldiers, too. Then they will sleep forever and never wake up,” says the King, whose name is the Lord All-Powerful.