Jeremiah 50:40-42

Contemporary English Version

^40 (A) I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
    and the nearby towns,
and I will destroy Babylon
    just as completely.
No one will live there again.

⁴¹ Far to the north,
a nation and its allies
    have been awakened.
They are powerful
    and ready for war.
⁴² Bows and arrows and swords
    are in their hands.
The soldiers are cruel
    and show no pity.
The hoofbeats of their horses echo
    like ocean waves
    crashing against the shore.
The army has lined up for battle
and is coming to attack you,
    people of Babylonia!