For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

• 以色列人说、巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒吞灭我、压碎我、使我成为空虚的器皿．他像大鱼、将我吞下、用我的美物充满他的肚腹、又将我赶出去。