^24 (A)I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
    and ^(B)you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
    because you opposed the Lord.

⁴ He is ^(A)wise in heart and mighty in strength
    —who has ^(B)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—

⁹ Have you ^(A)an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with ^(B)a voice like his?

^7 (A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    ^(B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
⁸ For this reason her plagues will come ^(C)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and ^(D)she will be burned up with fire;
    for ^(E)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

^57 (A)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
    ^(B)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
    declares ^(C)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

³¹ One ^(A)runner runs to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
    that his city is taken on every side;
³² the fords have been ^(B)seized,
    the marshes are burned with fire,
    and the soldiers are in panic.
³³ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
^(C)The daughter of Babylon is like ^(D)a threshing floor
    at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
    and ^(E)the time of her harvest will come.”