Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

A sword {is} upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise {men}.

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, {and as} the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

Against {him that} bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against {him that} lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

But these two {things} shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, {and} for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this {is} the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and {they that are} thrust through in her streets.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, {and} slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse {your} hands, {ye} sinners; and purify {your} hearts, {ye} double minded.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained {but} wounded men among them, {yet} should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. {wounded: Heb. thrust through}

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.