³⁵ “A sword^(A) against the Babylonians!”^(B)
    declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise^(C) men!
³⁶ A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(D)
    They will be filled with terror.^(E)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots^(F)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(G)
A sword against her treasures!^(H)
    They will be plundered.
³⁸ A drought on^[a] her waters!^(I)
    They will dry^(J) up.
For it is a land of idols,^(K)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

³⁹ “So desert creatures^(L) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.^(M)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(N)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(O)