²⁶ Their people, drained of power,^(A)
    are dismayed^(B) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,^(C)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
    scorched^(D) before it grows up.

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,

³² the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,^(A)
    and the soldiers terrified.^(B)”

³⁰ Babylon’s warriors^(A) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.^(B)
Her dwellings are set on fire;^(C)
    the bars^(D) of her gates are broken.

³⁶ A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(A)
    They will be filled with terror.^(B)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots^(C)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(D)
A sword against her treasures!^(E)
    They will be plundered.

⁶ A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,^(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
⁷ The grass withers^(B) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath^(C) of the Lord blows^(D) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
⁸ The grass withers and the flowers^(E) fall,
    but the word^(F) of our God endures^(G) forever.^(H)”

⁶ May they be like grass on the roof,^(A)
    which withers^(B) before it can grow;
⁷ a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,^(C)
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
⁸ May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you^(D) in the name of the Lord.”