Jer 51:18 They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Jer 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name.
Jer 51:20He says, "You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms.
Jer 51:21 "With you I shatter the horse and his rider, And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,
Jer 51:22 And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
Jer 51:23 And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
Jer 51:24 ¶ "But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the LORD.
Jer 51:25 "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth," declares the LORD, "And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
Jer 51:26 "They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD.
Jer 51:27 ¶ Lift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
Jer 51:28 Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their prefects, And every land of their dominion.
Jer 51:29 So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.
Jer 51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their dwelling places are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken.
Jer 51:31 One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
Jer 51:32 The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
Jer 51:33 ¶ For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time it is stamped firm; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her."
Jer 51:34 ¶ "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel; He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled his stomach with my delicacies; He has washed me away.
Jer 51:35 "May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon," The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea," Jerusalem will say.
Jer 51:36 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.
Jer 51:37 "Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.