Jeremiah 51:20-24

²⁰God says, "You, Babylon, are my hammer, my weapon of war. I''ll use you to smash godless nations, use you to knock kingdoms to bits.b

²¹I''ll use you to smash horse and rider, use you to smash chariot and driver.

²²I''ll use you to smash man and woman, use you to smash the old man and the boy. I''ll use you to smash the young man and young woman,

²³use you to smash shepherd and sheep. I''ll use you to smash farmer and yoked oxen, use you to smash governors and senators.

²⁴"Judeans, you''ll see it with your own eyes. I''ll pay Babylon and all the Chaldeans back for all the evil they did in Zion." GOD''s Decree.