⁵¹ “We are disgraced,^(A)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”^(B)

⁵² “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,^(C)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.^(D)
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens^(E)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers^(F) against her,”
declares the Lord.