30. Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;they remain in their strongholds.Their strength is exhausted;they have become weaklings.Her dwellings are set on fire;the bars of her gates are broken.
31. One courier follows anotherand messenger follows messengerto announce to the king of Babylonthat his entire city is captured,
32. the river crossings seized,the marshes set on fire,and the soldiers terrified.’
33. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:‘Daughter Babylon is like a threshing-floorat the time it is trampled;the time to harvest her will soon come.’