“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod.
Kill and utterly destroy after them,”
says the LORD, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware.
You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.