30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken. 31 One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end. 32 The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
Jeremiah 51:30–32
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