^32 (A)The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

³⁰ The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
^(A)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
^(B)The bars of her gate are broken.

³⁷ A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all ^(A)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And ^(B)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
^38 (C)A ^[a]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.

^27 (A)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;