31. Look, I am against you, you arrogant one —this is the declaration of the Lord God of Hosts —because your day has come,the time when I will punish you.
32. The arrogant will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up.I will set fire to his cities,and it will consume everything around him.”
33. This is what the Lord of Hosts says:Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.All their captors hold them fast; they refuse to release them.
34. Their Redeemer is strong;Yahweh of Hosts is His name.He will fervently plead their case so that He might bring rest to the earthbut turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
35. A sword is over the Chaldeans —this is the Lord’s declaration —against those who live in Babylon,against her officials, and against her sages.
36. A sword is against the diviners,and they will act foolishly.A sword is against her heroic warriors,and they will be terrified.