49 “Jehovah will raise up against you a nation far away,+ from the end of the earth, just as an eagle pounces,+ a nation whose tongue you will not understand,+

15 For ‘here I am calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the north,’ is the utterance of Jehovah;+ ‘and they will certainly come and place each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,+ and against all her walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.+

16 Make mention [of it], YOU people, yes, to the nations. Publish [it] against Jerusalem.”

“Watchers are coming from a land far away,+ and they will let out their voice against the very cities of Judah.

9 here I am sending and I will take all the families of the north,”+ is the utterance of Jehovah, “even [sending] to Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon, my servant,+ and I will bring them against this land+ and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about;+ and I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of astonishment and something to whistle+ at and places devastated to time indefinite.+

24 And I will bring in the worst ones of the nations,+ and they will certainly take possession of their houses,+ and I will cause the pride of the strong ones to cease,+ and their sanctuaries must be profaned.+