51. We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
52. Therefore, behold, the days come,
53. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall plunderers come unto her,
54. A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55. Because the LORD has plundered Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is raised:
56. Because the plunderer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, everyone of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.