30 Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;

they remain in their strongholds.

Their strength is exhausted;

they have become weaklings.

Her dwellings are set on fire;

the bars of her gates are broken.

31 One courier follows another

and messenger follows messenger

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his entire city is captured,

32 the river crossings seized,

the marshes set on fire,

and the soldiers terrified.”

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, They have remained in their holds: Their might hath failed; they became as women: They have burned her dwellingplaces; Her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To shew the king of Babylon That his city is taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped, And the reeds they have burned with fire, And the men of war are affrighted.

30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.

They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.

They have become like women.

The invaders have burned the houses

and broken down the city gates.

31 The news is passed from one runner to the next

as the messengers hurry to tell the king

that his city has been captured.

32 All the escape routes are blocked.

The marshes have been set aflame,

and the army is in a panic.

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,

They have remained in their strongholds;

Their might has failed,

They became like women;

They have burned her dwelling places,

The bars of her gate are broken.

31 One runner will run to meet another,

And one messenger to meet another,

To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;

32 The passages are blocked,

The reeds they have burned with fire,

And the men of war are terrified.

30 Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting.

They stay in their protected cities.

Their strength is gone,

and they have become like frightened women.

Babylon’s houses are burning.

The bars of her gates are broken.

31 One messenger follows another;

messenger follows messenger.

They announce to the king of Babylon

that his whole city has been captured.

32 The river crossings have been captured,

and the swamplands are burning.

All of Babylon’s soldiers are terribly afraid.”

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: 32 and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they are sitting in the fortresses; their might hath failed, they are become as women: they have set her dwelling places on fire; her bars are broken. 31 Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end; 32 and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. 

They stay in their fortified cities. 

Their strength has failed. They have become women. 

Their buildings are set on fire. 

The bars across their gates are broken. 

31 Runners run to meet runners. 

Messengers follow messengers. 

They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured. 

32 The river crossings have been taken. 

The enemy has burned its marshes, 

and its soldiers are terrified. 

30 Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;

they sit in their strongholds.

Their might is exhausted;

they have become like women.

Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,

her gate bars are shattered.

31 Messenger races to meet messenger,

and herald to meet herald,

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his city has been captured

from end to end.

32 The fords have been seized,

the marshes set on fire,

and the soldiers are terrified.

30 The warriors of Babylon have given up fighting,

they remain in their strongholds;

their strength has failed,

they have become women;

her buildings are set on fire,

her bars are broken.

31 One runner runs to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to tell the king of Babylon

that his city is taken from end to end:

32 the fords have been seized,

the marshes have been burned with fire,

and the soldiers are in panic.

30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight,

they remain in the strongholds,

their power has dried up,

they have become as women.

Her dwelling places are set on fire,

her bars are broken.

31 one runner runs to meet another runner,

and one messenger to meet another messenger,

to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured,

from end to end.

32 And the fords have been seized,

and the reed marshes have been burned with fire,

and the soldiers are horrified.

30 Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting.

They remain in their forts.

Their strength is all gone.

They have become like weak women.

Their buildings are set on fire.

The heavy metal bars on their gates are broken.

31 One messenger after another

comes to the king of Babylonia.

All of them announce that

his entire city is captured.

32 The places where people go across the Euphrates River have been captured.

The swamps have been set on fire.

And the soldiers are terrified.”

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,

They stay in the strongholds;

Their strength is exhausted,

They are becoming like women;

Their dwelling places are set on fire,

The bars of her gates are broken.

31 One courier runs to meet another,

And one messenger to meet another,

To tell the king of Babylon

That his city has been captured from end to end;

32 The fords also have been seized,

And they have burned the marshes with fire,

And the men of war are terrified.