Rotherham(i)
33 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Oppressed, were the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, together,––And, all who took them captive, Held them fast, Refused to let them go:––
34 Their Redeemer, can hold fast, Yahweh of hosts, is his name, He will, thoroughly plead, their plea,––That he may quiet the earth, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 A sword, is over the Chaldeans, Declareth Yahweh,––And against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes, And against her wise men:
36 A sword, is against the praters, And they shall be shewn to be foolish, A sword, is against her heroes, And they shall be dismayed:
37 A sword, is against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the rabble that are in her midst, And they shall become women,––A sword, is against her treasures, And they shall be made a prey:
38 A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up,––For, a land of images, it is, And, with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad:
39 Therefore, shall the criers, dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein,––So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited, unto generation after generation.
40 Like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Declareth Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––a son of the earth–born.