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42 The sea has flooded Bavel,
overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
43 Her cities have become desolate —
parched, arid land,
a land where no one lives;
nobody even passes through.
44 “I will punish Bel in Bavel
and make him disgorge what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer flow to him.
Bavel’s wall will fall.

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42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(A) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert(B) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.(C)
44 I will punish Bel(D) in Babylon
    and make him spew out(E) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall(F) of Babylon will fall.

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