KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Here's what the LORD Almighty, Israel's God, is saying: Babylon is like grain spread out on the threshing floor, and it's time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Just wait a little longer — harvest time is coming for her too.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even the mightiest powers have their day of reckoning coming.
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