³⁵ May the violence^(A) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(B)

“See, I will defend your cause^(C)
    and avenge^(D) you;
I will dry up^(E) her sea
    and make her springs dry.
³⁷ Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(F) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(G)
    a place where no one lives.^(H)