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26 So come against it from far away.
    Open up its storerooms.
    Stack everything up like piles of grain.
Completely destroy that country.
    Do not leave anyone alive there.
27 Kill all Babylon’s strongest warriors.
    Let them die in battle.
How terrible it will be for them!
    Their time to be judged has come.
    Now they will be punished.
28 Listen to those who have escaped.
    Listen to those who have returned from Babylon.
They are announcing in Zion
    how I have paid Babylon back.
    I have paid it back for destroying my temple.

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26 Come against her from afar.(A)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.(B)
Completely destroy(C) her
    and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(D)
    let them go down to the slaughter!(E)
Woe to them! For their day(F) has come,
    the time(G) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(H) and refugees from Babylon
    declaring in Zion(I)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(J)
    vengeance for his temple.(K)

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