Jeremiah 51:30-32

Easy-to-Read Version

³⁰ Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting.
    They stay in their forts.
Their strength is gone.
    They have become like frightened women.
Babylon’s houses are burning.
    The bars of her gates are broken.
³¹ One messenger follows another.
    Messenger follows messenger.
They announce to the king of Babylon
    that his whole city has been captured.
³² The places where people cross the rivers have been captured.
    The swamplands are burning.
    All of Babylon’s soldiers are afraid.”