⁹ Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one answered and said, “^(A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the ^(B)graven images of her gods ^[a]are shattered on the ground.”

46 ^(A)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are on the beasts and the cattle.
The things ^[a]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
² They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the load,
But ^[b]have themselves ^(B)gone into captivity.

² “^(A)Declare and make it heard among the nations.
Make it heard and ^(B)lift up a standard.
Do not conceal it but say,
‘^(C)Babylon has been captured;
^(D)Bel has been put to shame; ^[a]Marduk has been ^[b]shattered;
Her ^(E)images have been put to shame; her idols have been shattered.’