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For Yahweh is going to destroy Babylon,And He will make her loud noise vanish from her.And their waves will roar like many waters;The rumbling of their voices sounds forth.

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,And her mighty men will be captured;Their bows are shattered;For Yahweh is a God of recompense,He will fully repay.

Thus says Yahweh of hosts,"The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed,And her high gates will be set on fire;So the peoples will toil for nothing,And the nations become weary only for fire."

For through the anger of Yahweh this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so strong in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

For his allowance, a continual allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.

Her adversaries have become her masters;Her enemies are complacent;For Yahweh has caused her griefBecause of the greatness of her transgressions;Her infants have gone awayAs captives before the adversary.

Her uncleanness was in her skirts;She did not remember her future.Therefore she has gone down astonishingly;She has no comforter."See, O Yahweh, my affliction,For the enemy has magnified himself!"

The adversary has stretched out his handOver all her desirable things,For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,The ones whom You commandedThat they should not enter into Your assembly.

All her people are sighing, seeking bread;They have given their desirable things for foodTo restore their souls."See, O Yahweh, and look,For I am despised."

From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it dominated them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back;He has made me desolate,Faint all day long.

For these things I am weeping;My eyes run down with water;Because far from me is a comforter,One who restores my soul.My children are desolateBecause the enemy has prevailed."

"Yahweh is righteous;For I have rebelled against His command;Hear now, all peoples,And behold my pain;My virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.

I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;My priests and my elders breathed their last in the cityWhile they sought food for themselves in order to restore their souls.

See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;My inmost being is greatly disturbed;My heart is overturned within me,For I have been very rebellious.In the street the sword bereaves;In the house it is like death.

Let all their evil come before You;And deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with meFor all my transgressions;For my groans are great and my heart is faint."

What shall I testify about you?To what shall I equate you,O daughter of Jerusalem?To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,O virgin daughter of Zion?For your destruction is as vast as the sea;Who can heal you?

Your prophets have beheld for youWorthless and ineffective visions;And they have not uncovered your iniquitySo as to return you from captivity,But they have beheld for you worthless and misleading oracles.