Jeremiah 51:34-36

New International Reader's Version

³⁴ The people of Jerusalem say,
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has destroyed us.
    He has thrown us into a panic.
    He has emptied us out like a jar.
Like a snake he has swallowed us up.
    He has filled his stomach with our rich food.
    Then he has spit us out of his mouth.”
³⁵ The people continue, “May the people of Babylon
    pay for the harmful things they have done to us.
May those who live in Babylon
    pay for spilling the blood of our people.”
    That’s what the people who live in Zion say.

“I will stand up for you.
    I will pay the Babylonians back for what they did to you.
I will dry up their water supply.
    I will make their springs run dry.