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40 “I will take them [C people of Babylon] to be ·killed [slaughtered].
    They will be like lambs,
like sheep and goats [11:19; 12:3].

41 “How ·Babylon [L Sheshach; C an alternate name for Babylon; 25:26] has been ·defeated [captured]!
    The pride of the whole earth has been ·taken captive [seized].
·People from other nations are shocked at what happened to Babylon,
    and the things they see make them afraid [L How Babylon has become a horror among the nations].
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
    its ·roaring [tumultuous] waves cover her.

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