43. The king of Babylon hears news of them,and his hands hang helpless;Anguish takes hold of him,like the pangs of a woman giving birth.
44. As happens when a lion comes up from a thicket of the Jordanto permanent pasture,So I, in an instant, will chase them off,and establish there whomever I choose!For who is like me? Who can call me to account?What shepherd can stand against me?
45. Therefore, hear the strategy of the Lord,which he has devised against Babylon;Hear the plans drawn upagainst the land of the Chaldeans:They shall be dragged away, even the smallest sheep;their own pasture aghast because of them.
46. At the cry “Babylon is captured!” the earth quakes;the outcry is heard among the nations.