BibleGateway: Jeremiah 51 ESV Text: Jeremiah 51 Jeremiah 51 (Listen) The Utter Destruction of Babylon 51:1   Thus says the LORD:  “Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer    against Babylon,    against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,12   and I will send to Babylon winnowers,    and they shall winnow her,  and they shall empty her land,    when they come against her from every side    on… The Lord condemns Babylon for having destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, sentencing Babylon to utter destruction.