“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.
At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punis
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crash
For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make