“Listen!
A cry from Babylon!
A great crashing
From the land
Of the Chaldeans!
Yahweh is laying
Babylon waste!
Yahweh is stilling
Her loud clamor!
Their waves roar
Like many waters!
The sound of their clamor
Resounds!
A destroyer has come
Against her!
Against Babylon!
Her warriors are taken.
Their bows are broken.
Yahweh is
A God of recompense.
He will repay in full.
‘I will make drunk
Her officials,
Her sage wise men,
Her governors,
Her deputies,
Her warriors.
They shall sleep
A perpetual sleep.
They shall not wake.’
Says the King,
Whose name is
Yahweh of hosts.”
They will hear the cry of Babylon as its destruction takes place. Yahweh will destroy the land of the Chaldeans as he lays waste to Babylon. Loud noises like roaring waters will be heard in Babylon. A destroyer came against Babylon. The warriors were taken. Their bows were broken. Yahweh is a God of rewards. Thus, he will demand a payment in full. He will make all their officials, sages, governors, deputies, and warriors drunk. They will sleep an eternal sleep, so that they will never again wake up. Thus the God king, Yahweh of hosts has spoken. The final destruction of Babylon will take place as he wishes.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 