²² The noise^(A) of battle is in the land,
    the noise of great destruction!

²⁷ Kill all her young bulls;^(A)
    let them go down to the slaughter!^(B)
Woe to them! For their day^(C) has come,
    the time^(D) for them to be punished.

⁴³ The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
    and his hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish has gripped him,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(B)

⁴⁶ At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble;^(A)
    its cry^(B) will resound among the nations.