³⁰ The powerful soldiers of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their strong-places. Their strength is gone. They have become like women. Their houses are set on fire, and the iron parts of her gates are broken. ³¹ One man with news runs to meet another, and he runs to meet another. They run to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end. ³² The ways to cross the river have been stopped. The water grass has been burned with fire. And the soldiers are filled with fear.