12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a ^awilderness,
A dry land and a desert. ‡

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord
She shall not be inhabited,
^aBut she shall be wholly desolate.
^bEveryone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues. ‡

15 Shout against her all around;
She has ^agiven her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
^bHer walls are thrown down;
For ^cit is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her. ‡

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
^aEveryone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land. ‡