³⁰ Babylon’s warriors^(A) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.^(B)
Her dwellings are set on fire;^(C)
    the bars^(D) of her gates are broken.
³¹ One courier^(E) follows another
    and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
    that his entire city is captured,^(F)
32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,^(G)
    and the soldiers terrified.^(H)”