¹³ Look at the land of the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians^(B) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;^(C)
they raised up their siege towers,^(D)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.^(E)

¹⁴ “Come together,^(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold^(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally^(C)
    will carry out his purpose^(D) against Babylon;^(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.^[a]