Jeremiah 51:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² Foreign soldiers will come
    from every direction,
and when the disaster is over,
Babylonia will be empty
    and worthless.
³ I will tell these soldiers,
    “Attack quickly,
before the Babylonians
can string their bows
    or put on their armor.^[a]
Kill their best soldiers
    and destroy their army!”
⁴ Their troops will fall wounded
    in the streets of Babylon.