⁴² They are armed with bows^(A) and spears;
    they are cruel^(B) and without mercy.^(C)
They sound like the roaring sea^(D)
    as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
    to attack you, Daughter Babylon.^(E)

¹¹ Women have been violated^(A) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
¹² Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders^(B) are shown no respect.^(C)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.

“For three sins of Ammon,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(B) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,