13  ^aBecause of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited

but shall be an utter desolation;

^beveryone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,

^band hiss because of all her wounds.

23  ^zHow the hammer of the whole earth

is cut down and broken!

^aHow Babylon ^bhas become

a horror among the nations!

29  ⁿThe land trembles and writhes in pain,

^ofor the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand,

to make the land of Babylon a desolation,

without inhabitant.