“‘Though you rejoice,
Though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
Though you frisk about
Like a heifer
On the grass,
Though you neigh
Like stallions,
Your mother
Shall be utterly shamed.
She who bore you
Shall be disgraced.
O!
She shall be
The last of the nations,
A wilderness,
A dry land,
A desert.
Because of the wrath
Of Yahweh,
She shall not be inhabited.
But she shall be
An utter desolation.
Everyone who passes
By Babylon
Shall be appalled.
They will hiss
Because of all her wounds.”
Then Yahweh via Jeremiah taunted Babylon, by indicating how they thought that they were superior with their plundering and rejoicing. They were like young heifers and stallions doing whatever they wanted to do. Now their mothers will be shamed and disgraced. They will become the last of the countries, as their land will become a wilderness, a dry land, like a desert. The wrath of Yahweh will not be held back. Babylon will be deserted and become an utter desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be appalled. They will hiss at all the wounds that they would see.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 