1The word from the Lord about Babylon and the Chaldeans through Jeremiah, no cap.

2Spread the word, fam! Babylon's toast, Bel's shook, and Merodach got wrecked; all their idols are sus and smashed.

3A nation’s rolling in from the north, about to wreck the land; no one’s chilling there anymore, just peace out, man and beast alike.

4In those days, God’s saying the Israelites and Judah’s gonna come through, crying and seeking the Lord, fr.

5They’re gonna ask for the way to Zion, like, “Yo, let’s vibe with the Lord and make a forever pact that’s lit.”

6My peeps are lost sheep, their leaders led them astray, climbing mountains and forgetting their chill spot, savage.

7Everyone who found them just ate them up; their enemies were like, “We good, they messed up against the Lord, their justice vibes.”

8Bounce from Babylon, fam, and dip outta the Chaldeans, be like the rams leading the flock.

9I’m raising a squad of big nations from the north against Babylon; they’re gonna roll up and take her down, arrows on point, no misses.

10Chaldea’s gonna be a hot mess; everyone who takes from her will be satisfied, says the Lord, periodt.

11Y'all were vibin' hard, flexin' like kings, but now you're just fat cows munchin' grass, makin' noise like bulls; no cap.

12Your mom's gonna be hella embarrassed, fam; the last of the nations is gonna be a wasteland, just dry and desert vibes.

13The Lord's mad, so it's gonna be a ghost town; anyone rollin' by Babylon will be shook and hiss at all her drama.

14Squad up against Babylon, archers; let loose those arrows, don't hold back: she messed with the Lord, fr.

15Yell at her from all sides: she showed her hand, her foundation's crumbled, walls down; it's the Lord's revenge, do to her what she did.

16Cut off all the farmers in Babylon, and those with sickles at harvest time; they're gonna bounce back to their peeps, scared of the sword.

17Israel's like a lost sheep; lions chased him away: first, the Assyrian king snatched him up, then Nebuchadrezzar from Babylon broke him down.

18So the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, says: I'm coming for the Babylon king and his land, just like I did to the Assyrian king.

19I'm bringing Israel back home, and he's gonna feast on Carmel and Bashan, his soul's gonna be lit on mount Ephraim and Gilead.

20In those days, says the Lord, they'll look for Israel's sins and find none; Judah's sins won't show up either, 'cause I'm gonna forgive the ones I keep.

21Pull up on the land of Merathaim and the crew in Pekod: wreck it and totally destroy everything, says the Lord, and do all the stuff I told you to do.

22There's a battle vibe in the land, and it’s major destruction.

23How is the whole earth’s hammer getting wrecked and broken! Babylon is straight-up a ghost town among the nations!

24I set a trap for you, Babylon, and you didn’t even see it coming: you’re caught because you tried to flex on the Lord.

25The Lord opened His armory and pulled out the weapons of His anger: this is how the Lord God of hosts rolls in the land of the Chaldeans.

26Roll up on her from the farthest edge, crack open her stash: pile her up and wipe her out completely; leave nothing behind.

27Take out all her bulls; send them to the slaughter: it’s rough for them! Their day has come, the time for their reckoning.

28You can hear the voices of those who are running and escaping from Babylon, shouting in Zion about the Lord our God’s revenge, the revenge for His temple.

29Gather the archers against Babylon: all you who can shoot, set up camp around her; don’t let anyone escape: pay her back for what she’s done; she’s been way too proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

30So, her young men will drop in the streets, and all her warriors will be taken out that day, says the Lord.

31Yo, I'm totally coming for you, super proud one, says the Lord God of hosts: your time's up, I'm pulling up on you.

32The proud will trip and fall, no one's gonna help them up: I'm lighting a fire in their cities, and it’s gonna consume everything around.

33The Lord of hosts says this; Israel and Judah were oppressed together: those who captured them held tight; they just wouldn't let them go, no cap.

34Their Redeemer is a beast; the Lord of hosts is his name: He’s gonna fight for them, giving peace to the land and shaking up the peeps in Babylon.

35A sword's coming for the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and for the folks in Babylon, their leaders, and their wise guys.

36A sword's on the liars; they're gonna freak out: a sword's on the strong men; they're gonna be shook.

37A sword's on their horses and chariots, and all the mixed peeps in the middle of it; they’ll act like ladies: a sword's on their treasures; they’re gonna get robbed.

38A drought's hitting their waters; they’ll dry up: it’s the land of carved idols, and they’re obsessed with their false gods, fr.

39So, the wild beasts from the desert and islands will chill there, and the owls will make it home: it’s gonna be uninhabited forever; no one’s living there ever again.

40Just like God flipped Sodom and Gomorrah and their nearby cities, says the Lord; no one will stay there, and no humans will live there, periodt.

41Yo, a crew’s rolling in from the north, a whole nation, and mad kings gonna rise up from all over the globe.

42They’re packing bows and lances, total savages, no mercy given: their roar hits like the ocean, riding horses all suited up, ready to battle, against you, O Babylon.

43The king of Babylon caught wind of them, and he’s shook; anxiety hit him like a wave, feeling those labor pains.

44Check it, he’s coming in like a lion from the Jordan, but I’m about to make them bounce real quick: who’s my chosen one to handle her? Who’s got the rizz to set the time? Who’s that shepherd that’s got my back?

45So listen up to the Lord’s plan against Babylon; his goals for the Chaldeans are set: even the smallest sheep gonna lead them out, and he’ll make their crib empty.

46When Babylon gets taken, the earth shakes, and the nations be hearing the drama.

1The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

4In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.

5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.

11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

12Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.

15Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

18Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

20In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.

25The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.

31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

32And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

33Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.