Jeremiah 51:30-32

Contemporary English Version

³⁰ The Babylonian soldiers
have lost their strength
    and courage.^[a]
They stay in their fortresses,
    unable to fight,
while the enemy breaks through
the city gates,
    then sets their homes on fire.
³¹ One messenger after another
    announces to the king,
“Babylon has been captured!
³² The enemy now controls
    the river crossings!
The marshes^[b] are on fire!
    Your army has panicked!”