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A nation from the north will attack it.
    That nation will destroy Babylon.
No one will live there.
    People and animals alike will run away.

“The days are coming,”
    announces the Lord.
“At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together.
    They will come in tears to me.
    I am the Lord their God.
They will ask how to get to Zion.
    Then they will turn their faces toward it.
They will come and join themselves to me.
    They will enter into the covenant I make with them.
It will last forever.
    It will never be forgotten.

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A nation from the north(A) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(B) in it;
    both people and animals(C) will flee away.

“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(D)
    will go in tears(E) to seek(F) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(G) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(H) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(I)
    that will not be forgotten.

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