Jeremiah 51:46-48

New International Reader's Version

⁴⁶ You will hear about terrible things
    that are happening in Babylon.
    But do not lose hope. Do not be afraid.
You will hear one thing this year.
    And you will hear something else next year.
You will hear about awful things in the land.
    You will hear about one ruler fighting against another.
⁴⁷ I will punish the gods of Babylon.
    That time will certainly come.
Then the whole land will be full of shame.
    Its people will lie down and die there.
⁴⁸ So heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy.
    They will be glad because of what will happen to Babylon.
Armies will attack it from the north.
    And they will destroy it,”
    announces the Lord.