“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(B)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(C) your doom has come!’

¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(A) in a single day;^(B)

⁹ Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,^(A) on a single day:
    loss of children^(B) and widowhood.^(C)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries^(D)
    and all your potent spells.^(E)

³¹ “See, I am against^(A) you, you arrogant one,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day^(B) has come,
    the time for you to be punished.

³² The arrogant^(A) one will stumble and fall^(B)
    and no one will help her up;^(C)
I will kindle a fire^(D) in her towns
    that will consume all who are around her.”