¹⁷ Israel’s Light will become a fire,
and its Holy One, a flame.
In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

³⁰ Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;^(A)
they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.^(B)
31 Messenger races to meet messenger,^(C)
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.
³² The fords have been seized,^(D)
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers are terrified.