I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”

I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.

They have sex with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you.

“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom.

In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated!

People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

As for the singers, as well as the pipers – all of them sing within your walls.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!

But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!

Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.

So take note, I am about to make you slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.

The Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

These curses will be a perpetual sign and wonder with reference to you and your descendants.