Jeremiah 50:14-16

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁴ “Prepare for war against Babylon.
    All you soldiers with bows, shoot your arrows at Babylon.
Don’t save any of your arrows.
    Babylon has sinned against the Lord.
¹⁵ Soldiers around Babylon, shout the cry of victory!
    Babylon has surrendered!
    Her walls and towers have been pulled down!
The Lord is giving her people the punishment they deserve.
    You nations should give Babylon the punishment she deserves.
    Do to her what she has done to other nations.
¹⁶ Don’t let the people from Babylon plant their crops.
    Don’t let them gather the harvest.
The soldiers of Babylon brought many prisoners to their city.
    Now the enemy soldiers have come,
    so the prisoners are going back home.
    They are running back to their own countries.