1. The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
2. “Declare among the nations and proclaim,set up a banner and proclaim,conceal it not, and say: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame,Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame,her idols are dismayed.’
3. “For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away.