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35 Babylon did terrible things to hurt us.
    Now let those things happen to Babylon,”
    say the people of Jerusalem.
“The people of Babylon killed our people.
    Now let them be punished for what they did,” says Jerusalem.

36 So this is what the Lord says:

“I will soon defend you, Judah,
    and make sure that Babylon is punished.
I will dry up Babylon’s sea
    and make her springs become dry.
37 Babylon will become a pile of ruins,
    a home for wild dogs.
People will be shocked by what happened there.
    No one will live there anymore.

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