31 Messenger races to meet messenger,(A)
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.(B)
32 The fords have been seized,(C)
the marshes set on fire,
and the fighting men are terrified.

33 For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled.(D)
In just a little while her harvest time will come.(E)

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