The treacherous one is acting treacherously,

And the destroyer is destroying.

 9 For here I am raising up and bringing against Babylon

An assembly of great nations from the land of the north.+

They will come against her in battle formation;

From there she will be captured.

Their arrows are like those of a warrior

Causing bereavement of children;+

They do not come back without results.

Jehovah has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,+

Because he intends to bring Babylon to ruin.