Babylon will be completely destroyed

54 Listen to the people of Babylon crying for help!

And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!

55 Yahweh will be destroying Babylon.

He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.

56 Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave.

They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers

and break their weapons.

That will happen because Yahweh is a God who punishes his enemies justly;

he will punish them as they deserve.

57 The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says,

“I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers in Babylon to become drunk.

They will fall asleep,

but they will never wake up again!”

58 Yahweh also says,

“The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground.

The city gates will be burned.

People from other countries will work hard to save the city,

but it will be ◄in vain/useless►,

because everything that they have built will be destroyed by fire.”