It makes her land an object of horror;

No one is dwelling in her.

Both man and beast have taken flight;

They have gone away.”

 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.

28 Appoint* against her the nations,

The kings of Meʹdi·a,+ its governors and all its deputy rulers

And all the lands they rule over.