^{7 Ref} All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers -- Jehovah.

^{8 Ref} Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.

^{9 Ref} For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,

^{10 Ref} And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

^{11 Ref} Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer `at' the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,