⁴⁴ ‘Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets^[a](A) of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon^[b] away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ’

⁴⁵ Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans:^(B) Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them. ⁴⁶ At the sound of Babylon’s conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.^(C)