58 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled

and her high gates set on fire;

the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing,

the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken,

And her high gates shall be burned with fire;

And the people shall labour in vain,

And the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

58 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:

“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,

and her massive gates will be burned.

The builders from many lands have worked in vain,

for their work will be destroyed by fire!”

58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken,

And her high gates shall be burned with fire;

The people will labor in vain,

And the nations, because of the fire;

And they shall be weary.”

58 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:

“Babylon’s thick wall will be completely pulled down

and her high gates burned.

The people will work hard, but it won’t help;

their work will only become fuel for the flames!”

58 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

58 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.

58 This is what the Lord of Armies says: 

The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, 

and its high gates will be set on fire. 

People exhaust themselves for nothing. 

The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire. 

58 This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,

and her high gates consumed by fire.

The peoples will have labored for nothing;

the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.

58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:

The broad wall of Babylon

shall be leveled to the ground,

and her high gates

shall be burned with fire.

The peoples exhaust themselves for nothing,

and the nations weary themselves only for fire.

58 Thus says Yahweh of hosts:

“The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished,

and her high gates will burn with fire,

and the peoples will labor for nothing,

and the nations for fire,

and they will grow weary.”

58 The Lord who rules over all says,

“Babylon’s thick walls will fall down flat.

Its high gates will be set on fire.

The nations wear themselves out for no reason at all.

Their hard work will only be burned up in the flames.”

58 Thus says the Lord of hosts,

“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed

And her high gates will be set on fire;

So the peoples will toil for nothing,

And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”