Jeremiah 50:8-20

⁸ "Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans ; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock .

⁹ "For behold , I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north , And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive . Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed . ¹⁰ " Chaldea will become plunder ; All who plunder her will have enough ," declares the Lord . ¹¹ "Because you are glad , because you are jubilant , O you who pillage My heritage , Because you skip about like a threshing heifer And neigh like stallions , ¹² Your mother will be greatly ashamed , She who gave you birth will be humiliated . Behold , she will be the least of the nations , A wilderness , a parched land and a desert . ¹³ "Because of the indignation of the Lord she will not be inhabited , But she will be completely desolate ; Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds . ¹⁴ "Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side , All you who bend the bow ; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows , For she has sinned against the Lord . ¹⁵ "Raise your battle cry against her on every side ! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen , Her walls have been torn down . For this is the vengeance of the Lord : Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. ¹⁶ "Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest ; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land . ¹⁷ "Israel is a scattered flock , the lions have driven them away . The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria , and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon . ¹⁸ "Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel : 'Behold , I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land , just as I punished the king of Assyria . ¹⁹ 'And I will bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan , and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead . ²⁰ 'In those days and at that time ,' declares the Lord , 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel , but there will be none ; and for the sins of Judah , but they will not be found ; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant .'