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46 Do not be faint-hearted,
or be intimidated by the rumor heard in the land—
one year one rumor comes,
next year, another rumor.
Yet violence will be in the land,
with ruler against ruler.
47 Therefore behold, days are coming
when I will punish Babylon’s idols.
Her entire land will be disgraced
and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Then heaven and the earth
and all that is in them
will sing for joy over Babylon,[a]
for the destroyers from the north will come to her.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:48 cf. Rev. 18:20.