²⁵ Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?

⁴¹ “How Sheshak^[a](A) will be captured,^(B)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate^(C) Babylon will be
    among the nations!

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(A)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!^(B)
17 In one hour^(C) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(D)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(L)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(M)

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

³⁹ “How shattered^(A) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,^(B)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

² Moab will be praised^(A) no more;
    in Heshbon^[a](B) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(C)
You, the people of Madmen,^[b] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.

How the oppressor^(C) has come to an end!
    How his fury^[a] has ended!
⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(D) of the wicked,^(E)
    the scepter^(F) of the rulers,
⁶ which in anger struck down peoples^(G)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(H) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(I)