Jeremiah 51:56-58

Contemporary English Version

⁵⁶ An enemy will attack
    and destroy Babylon.
Its soldiers will be captured
    and their weapons broken,
because I am a God
who takes revenge against nations
    for what they do.
⁵⁷ I, the Lord All-Powerful,
    the true King, promise
that the officials and advisors,
the governors and leaders,
    and the soldiers of Babylon
will get drunk, fall asleep,
    and never wake up.
⁵⁸ The thick walls of that city
will be torn down,
    and its huge gates burned.
Everything that nation
worked so hard to gain
    will go up in smoke.