24  ^cI set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,

and ^dyou did not know it;

you were found and caught,

because you opposed the Lord.

31  One ^srunner runs to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to tell the king of Babylon

that his city is taken on every side;

39  ^hWhile they are inflamed ^hI will prepare them a feast

and ⁱmake them drunk, that they may become merry,

ⁱthen sleep a perpetual sleep

and not wake, declares the Lord.

57  ^mI will make drunk her officials and her wise men,

ⁿher governors, her commanders, and her warriors;

they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,

declares ^othe King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.