^24 (A)I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
    and ^(B)you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
    because you opposed the Lord.

³¹ One ^(A)runner runs to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
    that his city is taken on every side;

^39 (A)While they are inflamed ^(B)I will prepare them a feast
    and ^(C)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
^(D)then sleep a perpetual sleep
    and not wake, declares the Lord.

^57 (A)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
    ^(B)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
    declares ^(C)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.