Jeremiah 51:30–32

The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;

they remain in their strongholds;

their strength has failed;

they have become women;

her dwellings are on fire;

her bars are broken.

One 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;

the fords have been seized,

the marshes are burned with fire,

and the soldiers are in panic.

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.

One courier follows another

and messenger follows messenger

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his entire city is captured,

the river crossings seized,

the marshes set on fire,

and the soldiers terrified.”

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.

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.

The fords have been seized,

the marshes set on fire,

and the fighting men are terrified.

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.

The news is passed from one runner to the next

as the messengers hurry to tell the king

that his city has been captured.

All the escape routes are blocked.

The marshes have been set aflame,

and the army is in a panic.

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.

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,

And that the passages are stopped,

And the reeds they have burned with fire,

And the men of war are affrighted.