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.

³⁷ A sword against her horses and chariots^(A)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(B)
A sword against her treasures!^(C)
    They will be plundered.
³⁸ A drought on^[a] her waters!^(D)
    They will dry^(E) up.
For it is a land of idols,^(F)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

²⁷ who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up^(A) your streams,’