1Yahweh also says, “You people of Babylon,
2You will be slaves, so take heavy stones
3You will be naked and very ashamed.
4The one who frees us people of Judah, whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’,
5Yahweh says, “You people of Babylon,
6I was angry with the people whom I chose to belong to me,
7You said, ‘We will rule other nations forever;
8You people of Babylon who enjoy pleasure and sex,
9But both of those things will happen to you suddenly:
10You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things,
11So you will experience terrible things,
12So you can continue to perform all your magic spells [IRO]!
13But all that has resulted from your doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired!
14But they cannot do that, because they are like [SIM] straw that is burning in a fire;
15The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young