“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.
³⁸ Babylon’s people roar like young lions;
    they growl like baby lions.