[51:54] The Lord says, “Listen to the sound of crying in Babylon, of mourning for the destruction in the land.
[51:55] I am destroying Babylon and putting it to silence. The armies rush in like roaring waves and attack with noisy shouts.
[51:56] They have come to destroy Babylon; its soldiers are captured, and their bows are broken. I am a God who punishes evil, and I will treat Babylon as it deserves.
[51:57] I will make its rulers drunk— men of wisdom, leaders, and soldiers. They will go to sleep and never wake up. I, the king, have spoken; I am the Lord Almighty.
[51:58] The walls of mighty Babylon will be thrown to the ground, and its towering gates burned down. The work of the nations is all for nothing; their efforts go up in flames. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”