Jeremiah 50:2-3, 13, 40

“Announce this to the nations. Lift up a banner and tell them. Speak the whole message and say: ‘Babylon will be captured. The god Bel will be put to shame, and the god Marduk will be afraid. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame, and her idols will be afraid!’ A nation from the north will attack Babylon and make it like an empty desert. No one will live there; both people and animals will run away.”

Because of the LORD’s anger, no one will live there. She will be completely empty. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be shocked. They will shake their heads when they see all her injuries.

God completely destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them,” says the LORD. “In the same way no people will live in Babylon, and no human being will stay there.