^13 (A)Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
    but shall be an utter desolation;
^(B)everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
    ^(C)and hiss because of all her wounds.

^23 (A)How the hammer of the whole earth
    is cut down and broken!
^(B)How Babylon ^(C)has become
    a horror among the nations!

^29 (A)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
    ^(B)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
    without inhabitant.