A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
Jeremiah 50:22
Surrounding context
50:21 "Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste and utterly destroy them," says the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you.
50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
50:23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;