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.

¹³ Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.^(A)
The gates^(B) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.^(C)

⁹ Her gates^(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars^(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(C) among the nations,
    the law^(D) is no more,
and her prophets^(E) no longer find
    visions^(F) from the Lord.

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.

⁷ Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.^(B)
8 Terror^(C) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip^(D) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(E)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.^(F)