A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up. For it is the land of graven images, and they act madly and are in dread.

who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;

The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting; they have remained in strongholds; their might has failed. They became like women; they have burned her dwellings; the bars of her gates are broken.

A sword is upon their horses and their chariots, and upon all the mixed people in her midst; and they shall become as women. A sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.