¹⁷ Every hand will go limp;^(A)
    every leg will be wet with urine.^(B)

¹⁰ She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,^(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.^(B)

²⁶ Calamity upon calamity^(A) will come,
    and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,^(B)
    priestly instruction in the law will cease,
    the counsel of the elders will come to an end.^(C)

⁴³ The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
    and his hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish has gripped him,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(B)