Psa 137:8-9, Isa 13:1-3, 14:4, 21:1-10, Jer 25:26-27, 27:7, 51:1-14 | ESV | STEP | O daughter of Babylon , doomed to be destroyed , blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us !

Psalms 137:8-9

8 O daughter of Babylon, ^adoomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who ^brepays you
with what you have done to us!
9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and ^cdashes them against the rock!

Isaiah 13:1-3

The Judgment of Babylon

1 The oracle concerning ^dBabylon which ^eIsaiah the son of Amoz saw.

2 On a bare hill ^fraise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^gthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones. ^{▼▼Or those who exult in my majesty}

Isaiah 14:4

4 you will take up this ⁱtaunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
^jthe insolent fury ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain} ceased!

Isaiah 21:1-10

Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon

1 The ^loracle concerning the wilderness of ^mthe sea.

ⁿAs whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.
2 A stern vision is told to me;
^othe traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O ^pElam;
lay siege, O ^qMedia;
all the ^rsighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
^spangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
^tthe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5 ^uThey prepare the table,
they spread the rugs, ^{▼▼Or they set the watchman}
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
^woil the shield!
6 For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out: ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion}
^y“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
^zAnd he answered,
^aa“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^aband all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
10 O ^acmy threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.

Jeremiah 25:26-27

26 all the kings of ^adthe north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of ^aeBabylon ^{▼▼Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon} shall drink.

27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^agDrink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of ^ahthe sword that I am sending among you.’

Jeremiah 27:7

7 ^aiAll the nations shall serve him and ^ajhis son and ^akhis grandson, ^aluntil the time of his own land comes. ^amThen many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

Jeremiah 51:1-14

The Utter Destruction of Babylon

1 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up ^anthe spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon,
against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai, ^{▼▼A code name for Chaldea}
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and ^apthey shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
^aqon the day of trouble.
3 ^arLet not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not stand up in his armor.
Spare not her young men;
^asdevote to destruction ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} all her army.
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
^auand wounded in her streets.
5 ^avFor Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord of hosts,
but the land of the Chaldeans ^{▼▼Hebrew their land} is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.
6 ^ax“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
^ayBe not cut off in her punishment,
^azfor this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was ^baa golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
^bbmaking all the earth drunken;
^bcthe nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
8 ^bdSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
^bewail for her!
^bfTake balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
but she was not healed.
^bgForsake her, and ^bhlet us go
each to his own country,
for ^biher judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.
10 ^bjThe Lord has brought about our vindication;
^bkcome, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
11 ^bl“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
^bmThe Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of ^bnthe Medes, because ^bohis purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, ^bpfor that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for ^bqhis temple.

12 ^br“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
^bsmake the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
prepare the ambushes;
^btfor the Lord has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 ^buO you who dwell by many waters,
rich in treasures,
your end has come;
the thread of your life is cut.
14 ^bvThe Lord of hosts has sworn by himself:
Surely I will fill you with men, ^bwas many as locusts,
^bxand they shall raise the shout of victory over you.