9 I am sending for all the families of the north,”+ declares Jehovah, “sending for King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar* of Babylon, my servant,+ and I will bring them against this land+ and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations.+ I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and something to whistle at and a perpetual ruin.

18 “Son of man, King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar*+ of Babylon made his army labor greatly against Tyre.+ Every head became bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army received no wages for the labor he expended on Tyre.