<p class="bodytext">I said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;There is no one like you, <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You are great.p> <p class="poetry">And you are renowned for your power.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will kill all the archers of Elam,p> <p class="poetry">who are the chief source of her military might.<n id="1" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Wise people should not boast that they are wise.p> <p class="poetry">Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Rich people should not boast that they are rich.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;So I will now let this wicked people know &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">I will let them know my mighty power in judgment.p> <p class="poetry">Then they will know that my name is the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the land is full of people unfaithful to him.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They live wicked lives and they misuse their power.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So the land is dried up<n id="3" /> because it is under his curse.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The pastures in the wilderness are withered.p>

<p class="poetry">The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting.p> <p class="poetry">They will remain in their fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">They will lose their strength to do battle.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be as frightened as women.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The houses in her cities will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The gates of her cities will be broken down.<n id="3" />p>