28. Prepare against her the nations,the kings of the Medes,the captains, and all the rulers,and every land of their dominion.
29. So the land trembles and sorrows,for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,to make the land of Babylon a desolationwithout an inhabitant.
30. The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting;they have remained in their strongholds.Their might has failed;they became as women.They have burned her dwelling places;the bars of her gates are broken.
31. One courier will run to meet another,and one messenger to meet another,to show the king of Babylonthat his city has been captured from end to end,
32. and the passages have been seized,and they have burned the reeds with fire,and the men of war are terrified.