^{7 Ref} They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

^{8 Ref} Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.

^{9 Ref} For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.

^{10 Ref} And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord.

^{11 Ref} Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;