6. My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill;they have forgotten their resting place.
7. All who found them devoured them.Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;instead, they have sinned against the Lord,their righteous grazing land, the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.”
8. Escape from Babylon; depart from the Chaldeans’ land.Be like the rams that lead the flock.
9. For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country.They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured.Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warriorwho does not return empty-handed.