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13 You who live beside many waters,
    rich in treasures,
your end has come,
    your life thread is cut.[a]
14 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies
    has sworn by himself:
“I’ll surely fill you with soldiers[b] like a swarm of locusts,
    and they’ll sing songs of victory over you.”

Praise to the God of Jacob

15 He made the earth by his power.
    He established the world by his wisdom,
        and by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:13 Or the measure of your unjust gain
  2. Jeremiah 51:14 Lit. men