LEB(i)
35 A sword against the Chaldeans," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials, and against her wise men.
36 A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become foolish. A sword against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
37 A sword against his horses, and against his chariots,* and against all the foreign troops who are in the midst of her, so that they may become as women. A sword against her treasures, so that they may be plundered.
38 A drought will come against her waters, and they will dry up, for it is a land of images, and because of the frightful objects, they act like madmen.
39 ⌊Therefore⌋* desert creatures will live there* with jackals, and daughters of ostriches* will inhabit her. And she will not be inhabited again ⌊forever⌋,* and she will not be dwelt in ⌊for all generations⌋.*
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "no one will live there, and the son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in her.