Jeremiah 50:42-44

Lexham English Bible

⁴² They keep hold of bow and short sword.
    They are cruel and they have no mercy.
Their sound is like the sea, it roars,
    and upon horses they ride.
Drawn up for battle as a man for the battle,
    against you, O daughter of Babylon.
⁴³ The king of Babylon heard their report
    and his hands grew slack.
Anxiety has seized him,
    fear and pain like the woman who gives birth.
⁴⁴ Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets^[a] of the Jordan
    against a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream,^[b]
so I will chase them away quickly^[c] from her,
    and I will appoint whoever is chosen over her.
For who is like me, and who can summon me,
    and who is this shepherd who can stand before me?^[d]