^{35 Ref} A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

^{36 Ref} A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

^{37 Ref} A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

^{38 Ref} A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.

^{39 Ref} Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

^{40 Ref} As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.