8 “Move^a from the midst of Babylon,
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;
And be like the¹ rams before the flocks. ‡

9 ^aFor behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of¹ an expert warrior;
^bNone shall return in vain. ‡

11 “Because^a you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat ^blike a heifer threshing grain,
And you¹ bellow like bulls, ‡

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. ‡