^{40 Ref} As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

^{41 Ref} Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.

^{42 Ref} Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel `are' they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.