^{30 Ref} The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

^{31 Ref} One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

^{32 Ref} and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.