Jer 50:9-11, 17, 51:2, 24 | ESV | STEP | For behold , I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations , from the north country . And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken . Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed .

Jeremiah 50:9-11

9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon ^aa gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10 ^bChaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.

11 ^c“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,

Jeremiah 50:17

17 ^d“Israel is a hunted sheep ^edriven away by lions. ^fFirst the king of Assyria ^gdevoured him, and now at last ^hNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ⁱhas gnawed his bones.

Jeremiah 51:2

2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and ^jthey shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
^kon the day of trouble.

Jeremiah 51:24

24 ^l“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.