38. A drought will diminish their water supply, and it will dry up.Babylon is a land of idols, statues that will go crazy with fear.
39. That is why desert animals will live with hyenas.Desert owls will also live there.It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.
40. Babylon will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring citieswhen I, God, destroyed them.No one will live there.No human will stay there,” declares the Lord.
41. “People are going to come from the north.A great nation and many kings will rise from the ends of the earth.