³² the fords have been seized,
    the marshes have been burned with fire,
    and the soldiers are in panic.^(A)

³⁰ The warriors of Babylon have given up fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
    they have become women;
her buildings are set on fire;
    her bars are broken.^(A)

³⁷ A sword against her^[a] horses and against her^[b] chariots
    and against all the foreign troops in her midst,
    so that they may become women!
A sword against her treasures,
    that they may be plundered!^(A)
38 A drought against her waters,
    that they may be dried up!
For it is a land of images,
    and they go mad over idols.^(B)

²⁷ who says to the deep, “Be dry—
    I will dry up your rivers”;^(A)