“Says Yahweh.
‘Therefore,
The time is surely coming.
When I will punish
Her idols.
The wounded shall groan
Through all her land.
Though Babylon should
Mount up to heaven,
Destroyers would come
Upon her,
From me.
Though she should fortify
her strong heights,
Destroyers would come
Upon her,
From me.’
Says Yahweh.”
Yahweh was going to destroy Babylon and her idols. The time was coming when Yahweh would destroy all their idols throughout the country. The wounded ones would groan. Even if Babylon would mount prayers to heaven, her destroyers would come upon her from Yahweh. Even if she would fortify herself with strong high walls, these destroyers from Yahweh would descend upon her. Babylon and her idols were doomed. Yahweh was sending his destroyers.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 