Jeremiah 50:29-31

New International Reader's Version

²⁹ “Send for men armed with bows and arrows.
    Send them against Babylon.
Set up camp all around it.
    Do not let anyone escape.
Pay it back for what its people have done.
    Do to them what they have done to others.
They have dared to disobey me.
    I am the Holy One of Israel.
³⁰ You can be sure its young men will fall dead in the streets.
    All its soldiers will be put to death at that time,”
    announces the Lord.
³¹ “Proud Babylonians, I am against you,”
    announces the Lord.
The Lord who rules over all says,
    “Your day to be judged has come.
    It is time for you to be punished.