Jeremiah 50:43-45

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⁴³     The king of Babylon has heard news about them,
    and he is very afraid.
    He feels too weak to fight.
    He feels pain like a woman who is giving birth.
⁴⁴ I will attack the people of Babylonia,
    and I will chase them out of their land.
    I will do that like a lion that has been hiding in the forest.
    It attacks the sheep in the fields beside the Jordan River.
    Like that lion, I will suddenly chase Babylonia's people out of their country.
    Then I will choose a leader to rule that nation.
    There is nobody who is like me.
    Nobody can accuse me of anything.
    No ruler can stand against me.
⁴⁵ So listen to me, the Lord!
    This is what I have decided to do to Babylon.
    Yes, this is the trouble that I will bring to the people of Babylonia.
    Soldiers will catch their children and take them away,
    like little lambs that they take from their mothers.
    I will completely destroy their homes.