30. Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting. They stay in their forts. Their strength is gone. They have become like frightened women. Babylon’s houses are burning. The bars of her gates are broken.
31. One messenger follows another. Messenger follows messenger. They announce to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.
32. The places where people cross the rivers have been captured. The swamplands are burning. All of Babylon’s soldiers are afraid.”
33. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: “Babylon is like a threshing floor, where people beat the grain at harvest time. And the time to beat Babylon is coming soon.