²¹ I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(A) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(B)

The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

²¹ Then a mighty angel^(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,^(B) and said:

¹⁵ The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her^(A) will stand far off,^(B) terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn^{(C) 16} and cry out:

“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,^(H) will stand far off.^{(I) 18} When they see the smoke of her burning,^(J) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city^(K)?’^{(L) 19} They will throw dust on their heads,^(M) and with weeping and mourning^(N) cry out:

Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

⁹ “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her^(A) and shared her luxury^(B) see the smoke of her burning,^(C) they will weep and mourn over her.^{(D) 10} Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off^(E) and cry:

¹⁴ I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(A) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

⁶³ When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.^{(A) 64} Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more^(B) because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people^(C) will fall.’”^(D)

The words of Jeremiah end^(E) here.