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All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against Hashem, the naveh tzedek, even Hashem, the mikveh Avoteihem.

Flee out of the midst of Bavel, and go forth out of the Eretz Kasdim (Chaldeans), and leave as the male goats before the tzon.

For, hinei, I will stir up and cause to come up against Bavel a Kahal Goyim Gedolim from eretz tzafon (land of the north); and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be captured; their khitzim (arrows) shall be as of a gibbor maskil, one that does not return empty-handed.

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Whoever found them devoured(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(C) of their ancestors.’

“Flee(D) out of Babylon;(E)
    leave the land of the Babylonians,
    and be like the goats that lead the flock.
For I will stir(F) up and bring against Babylon
    an alliance of great nations(G) from the land of the north.(H)
They will take up their positions against her,
    and from the north she will be captured.(I)
Their arrows(J) will be like skilled warriors
    who do not return empty-handed.

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