^{35 Ref} May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

^{36 Ref} For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

^{37 Ref} And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

^{38 Ref} They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

^{39 Ref} When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

^{40 Ref} I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.

^{41 Ref} How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!