²⁴ We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish^(B) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(C)

⁴³ The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
    and his hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish has gripped him,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(B)

¹⁷ Every hand will go limp;^(A)
    every leg will be wet with urine.^(B)

²⁷ The king will mourn,
    the prince will be clothed with despair,^(A)
    and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,^(B)
    and by their own standards I will judge them.