35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.

36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^aI will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
^bI will dry up her sea and make her springs dry. ‡

38 They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.

39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
^aI will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord. ‡