¹⁰ You wearied^(A) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(B)
You found renewal of your strength,^(C)
    and so you did not faint.

“Babylon’s thick wall^(A) will be leveled
    and her high gates^(B) set on fire;
the peoples^(C) exhaust^(D) themselves for nothing,
    the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”^(E)

²⁵ who foils^(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(D)

¹⁵ That is all they are to you—
    these you have dealt with
    and labored^(A) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
    there is not one that can save^(B) you.