20In those days and at that time,
declares the LORD,
a search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,
and for Judah’s sins,
but they will not be found;
for I will forgive
the remnant I preserve.
21Go up against the land of Merathaim,
and against the residents of Pekod.
Kill them and devote them to destruction.
Do all that I have commanded you,”
22“The noise of battle is in the land—
the noise of great destruction.
23How the hammer of the whole earth
lies broken and shattered!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
— Jeremiah 50:20-23