1. Thus says the Lord:See! I rouse against Babylon,and the inhabitants of Chaldea,a destroyer wind.
2. To Babylon I will send winnowersto winnow and lay waste the land;They shall besiege it on every sideon the day of affliction.
3. How can the archers draw back their bows,lift their armor?Do not spare her young men,put the entire army under the ban.
4. The slain shall fall in the land of Chaldea,the wounded, in its streets;