Jeremiah 51:51-58

Expanded Bible

⁵¹ “We people of Judah are disgraced,
    because we have been ·insulted [reproached].
    ·We have been shamed [^LShame/Humiliation covers our face],
because strangers have gone into
    the holy places of the Lord’s Temple [^Lhouse]!”

⁵² So the Lord says, “The ·time is [^Ldays are] coming soon
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
Wounded people will ·cry with pain [groan]
    all over that land.
⁵³ Even if Babylon grows until she touches the ·sky [heavens],
    and even if she ·makes her highest cities strong [fortifies her lofty stronghold],
    I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.
⁵⁴ “Sounds of people crying are heard in Babylon.
    Sounds of ·people destroying things [great destruction]
    are heard in the land of the Babylonians.
⁵⁵ The Lord is destroying Babylon
    and making the loud sounds of the city become silent.
Enemies come roaring in like ocean waves.
    The roar of their voices is heard all around.
⁵⁶ ·The army has come to destroy [^LDestroyers have come to] Babylon.
    Her soldiers have been captured,
    and their bows are broken,
because the Lord is a God who punishes people for the evil they do.
    He ·gives them the full punishment they deserve [repays them in full].
⁵⁷ I will make Babylon’s rulers and wise men drunk [^Cwith the cup of God’s wrath; 25:15–38],
    and her governors, officers, and soldiers, too.
Then they will sleep forever and never wake up [v. 39],” says the King,
    whose name is the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts].

“Babylon’s ·thick [broad] wall will be completely ·pulled down [leveled]
    and her high gates burned with fire.
The people will ·work hard [weary themselves], but it won’t help;
    their work will only become fuel for the flames!”