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43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them,
    and his hands waxed feeble.
Anguish took hold of him,
    and pangs as of a woman in labor.
44 He will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan
    to the perpetually watered meadow.
But I will make them suddenly run away from it,
    and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.
For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?
    And who is the shepherd that can stand before Me?

45 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Babylon,
    and His purposes that He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock will drag them out.
    Surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.

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