Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
“You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms; with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer; with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman; with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased! The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.
“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
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