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36 So this is what the Lord says:

“I will defend you, Judah.
    I will make sure that Babylon is punished.
I will dry up Babylon’s sea.
    And I will make her springs become dry.
37 Babylon will become a pile of ruins.
    Wild dogs will live there.
People will be shocked by what happened there.
    No one lives there anymore.
38 Babylon’s people are like roaring young lions.
    They growl like baby lions.

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36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause(A)
    and avenge(B) you;
I will dry up(C) her sea
    and make her springs dry.
37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt(D) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(E)
    a place where no one lives.(F)
38 Her people all roar like young lions,(G)
    they growl like lion cubs.

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