Jeremiah 51:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ Do not let its soldiers get their bows ready to use.
    Do not let them put on their armor.
Do not spare their young men.
    Destroy their armies completely.
⁴ They will fall down dead in Babylon.
    They will receive deadly wounds in its streets.
⁵ The land of Israel and Judah is full of guilt.
    Its people have sinned against me.
But I have not deserted them. I am their God.
    I am the Lord who rules over all.
    I am the Holy One of Israel.