²⁰ Thou art my battle axe ^H4661 and weapons ^H3627 of war: ^H4421 for with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 the nations, ^H1471 and with thee will I destroy ^H7843 kingdoms; ^H4467

²¹ And with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 the horse ^H5483 and his rider; ^H7392 and with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 the chariot ^H7393 and his rider; ^H7392

²² With thee also will I break in pieces ^H5310 man ^H376 and woman; ^H802 and with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 old ^H2205 and young; ^H5288 and with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 the young man ^H970 and the maid; ^H1330

²³ I will also break in pieces ^H5310 with thee the shepherd ^H7462 and his flock; ^H5739 and with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 the husbandman ^H406 and his yoke of oxen; ^H6776 and with thee will I break in pieces ^H5310 captains ^H6346 and rulers. ^H5461

²⁴ And I will render ^H7999 unto Babylon ^H894 and to all the inhabitants ^H3427 of Chaldea ^H3778 all their evil ^H7451 that they have done ^H6213 in Zion ^H6726 in your sight, ^H5869 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

²⁵ Behold, I am against thee, O destroying ^H4889 mountain, ^H2022 saith ^H5002 the LORD, ^H3068 which destroyest ^H7843 all the earth: ^H776 and I will stretch out ^H5186 mine hand ^H3027 upon thee, and roll thee down ^H1556 from the rocks, ^H5553 and will make ^H5414 thee a burnt ^H8316 mountain. ^H2022

²⁶ And they shall not take ^H3947 of thee a stone ^H68 for a corner, ^H6438 nor a stone ^H68 for foundations; ^H4146 but thou shalt be desolate ^H8077 for ever, ^H5769 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

²⁷ Set ye up ^H5375 a standard ^H5251 in the land, ^H776 blow ^H8628 the trumpet ^H7782 among the nations, ^H1471 prepare ^H6942 the nations ^H1471 against her, call together ^H8085 against her the kingdoms ^H4467 of Ararat, ^H780 Minni, ^H4508 and Ashchenaz; ^H813 appoint ^H6485 a captain ^H2951 against her; cause the horses ^H5483 to come up ^H5927 as the rough ^H5569 caterpillers. ^H3218

²⁸ Prepare ^H6942 against her the nations ^H1471 with the kings ^H4428 of the Medes, ^H4074 the captains ^H6346 thereof, and all the rulers ^H5461 thereof, and all the land ^H776 of his dominion. ^H4475

²⁹ And the land ^H776 shall tremble ^H7493 and sorrow: ^H2342 for every purpose ^H4284 of the LORD ^H3068 shall be performed ^H6965 against Babylon, ^H894 to make ^H7760 the land ^H776 of Babylon ^H894 a desolation ^H8047 without an inhabitant. ^H3427

³⁰ The mighty men ^H1368 of Babylon ^H894 have forborn ^H2308 to fight, ^H3898 they have remained ^H3427 in their holds: ^H4679 their might ^H1369 hath failed; ^H5405 they became as women: ^H802 they have burned ^H3341 her dwellingplaces; ^H4908 her bars ^H1280 are broken. ^H7665

³¹ One post ^H7323 shall run ^H7323 to meet ^H7125 another, ^H7323 and one messenger ^H5046 to meet ^H7125 another, ^H5046 to shew ^H5046 the king ^H4428 of Babylon ^H894 that his city ^H5892 is taken ^H3920 at one end, ^H7097

³² And that the passages ^H4569 are stopped, ^H8610 and the reeds ^H98 they have burned ^H8313 with fire, ^H784 and the men ^H582 of war ^H4421 are affrighted. ^H926

³³ For thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 the God ^H430 of Israel; ^H3478 The daughter ^H1323 of Babylon ^H894 is like a threshingfloor, ^H1637 it is time ^H6256 to thresh ^H1869 her: yet a little while, ^H4592 and the time ^H6256 of her harvest ^H7105 shall come. ^H935

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar ^H5019 the king ^H4428 of Babylon ^H894 hath devoured ^H398 me, he hath crushed ^H2000 me, he hath made ^H3322 me an empty ^H7385 vessel, ^H3627 he hath swallowed me up ^H1104 like a dragon, ^H8577 he hath filled ^H4390 his belly ^H3770 with my delicates, ^H5730 he hath cast me out. ^H1740

³⁵ The violence ^H2555 done to me and to my flesh ^H7607 be upon Babylon, ^H894 shall the inhabitant ^H3427 of Zion ^H6726 say; ^H559 and my blood ^H1818 upon the inhabitants ^H3427 of Chaldea, ^H3778 shall Jerusalem ^H3389 say. ^H559

³⁶ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD; ^H3068 Behold, I will plead ^H7378 thy cause, ^H7379 and take vengeance ^H5358 for thee; ^H5360 and I will dry up ^H2717 her sea, ^H3220 and make her springs ^H4726 dry. ^H3001

³⁷ And Babylon ^H894 shall become heaps, ^H1530 a dwellingplace ^H4583 for dragons, ^H8577 an astonishment, ^H8047 and an hissing, ^H8322 without an inhabitant. ^H3427

³⁸ They shall roar ^H7580 together ^H3162 like lions: ^H3715 they shall yell ^H5286 as lions' ^H738 whelps. ^H1484

³⁹ In their heat ^H2527 I will make ^H7896 their feasts, ^H4960 and I will make them drunken, ^H7937 that they may rejoice, ^H5937 and sleep ^H3462 a perpetual ^H5769 sleep, ^H8142 and not wake, ^H6974 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

⁴⁰ I will bring them down ^H3381 like lambs ^H3733 to the slaughter, ^H2873 like rams ^H352 with he goats. ^H6260

⁴¹ How is Sheshach ^H8347 taken! ^H3920 and how is the praise ^H8416 of the whole earth ^H776 surprised! ^H8610 how is Babylon ^H894 become an astonishment ^H8047 among the nations! ^H1471

⁴² The sea ^H3220 is come up ^H5927 upon Babylon: ^H894 she is covered ^H3680 with the multitude ^H1995 of the waves ^H1530 thereof.

⁴³ Her cities ^H5892 are a desolation, ^H8047 a dry ^H6723 land, ^H776 and a wilderness, ^H6160 a land ^H776 wherein no man ^H376 dwelleth, ^H3427 neither doth any son ^H1121 of man ^H120 pass ^H5674 thereby. ^H2004

⁴⁴ And I will punish ^H6485 Bel ^H1078 in Babylon, ^H894 and I will bring forth ^H3318 out of his mouth ^H6310 that which he hath swallowed up: ^H1105 and the nations ^H1471 shall not flow together ^H5102 any more unto him: yea, the wall ^H2346 of Babylon ^H894 shall fall. ^H5307

⁴⁵ My people, ^H5971 go ye out ^H3318 of the midst ^H8432 of her, and deliver ^H4422 ye every man ^H376 his soul ^H5315 from the fierce ^H2740 anger ^H639 of the LORD. ^H3068

⁴⁶ And lest your heart ^H3824 faint, ^H7401 and ye fear ^H3372 for the rumour ^H8052 that shall be heard ^H8085 in the land; ^H776 a rumour ^H8052 shall both come ^H935 one year, ^H8141 and after ^H310 that in another year ^H8141 shall come a rumour, ^H8052 and violence ^H2555 in the land, ^H776 ruler ^H4910 against ruler. ^H4910