Jeremiah 51:46-48

Expanded Bible

⁴⁶ Don’t lose ·courage [heart];
    rumors will spread through the land, but don’t be afraid.
One rumor comes this year, and another comes the next year.
    There will be rumors of ·terrible fighting [violence] in the country,
    of rulers fighting against rulers.
⁴⁷ The ·time will surely come [^Ldays are coming]
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon,
and the whole land will be disgraced.
    There will be many ·dead people [corpses] ·lying all around [^Lfalling in its midst].
⁴⁸ Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout for joy about Babylon.
They will shout because the army comes from the north [^CPersia and its allies]
    to destroy Babylon,” says the Lord.