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A nation from the north will attack Babylon.
    That nation will make Babylon like an empty desert.
No people will live there.
    Both men and animals will run away from there.”

The Lord says, “At that time
    the people of Israel and Judah will be together.
    They will cry and look for the Lord their God.
Those people will ask how to go to Jerusalem.
    They will start to go in that direction.
They will come and join themselves to the Lord.
    They will make an agreement that will last forever.
    It will be an agreement that will never be forgotten.

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A nation from the north(A) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(B) in it;
    both people and animals(C) will flee away.

“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(D)
    will go in tears(E) to seek(F) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(G) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(H) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(I)
    that will not be forgotten.

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