^{31 Ref} One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

^{32 Ref} And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

^{33 Ref} For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.

^{34 Ref} Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

^{35 Ref} May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

^{36 Ref} For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

^{37 Ref} And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

^{38 Ref} They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

^{39 Ref} When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.