They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
aThey became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
bThe bars of her gate are broken.
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
“The daughter of Babylon is alike a threshing floor
When bit is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
cAnd the time of her harvest will come.”
Has adevoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an bempty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
“Behold, aI will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
bI will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
A dwelling place for jackals,
bAn astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
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American Standard Version
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Amplified® Bible
And that the passages [or ferries across the Euphrates] are stopped, and the great marshes they [the Medes] have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
Contemporary English Version
The enemy now controls the river crossings! The marshes are on fire! Your army has panicked!"
Darby English Version
and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Good News Bible
The enemy have captured the river crossing and have set the fortresses on fire. The Babylonian soldiers have panicked.
King James Version
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
New American Standard Bible
The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
New International Version
the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified."
New King James Version
The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The fords the enemies also have seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war feel terror.
Revised Standard Version
the fords have been seized, the bulwarks are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
Young's Literal Translation
And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
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