³⁰ The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
^(A)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
^(B)The bars of her gate are broken.

¹³ Surely, ^(A)your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the ^(B)bars of your gates.

³⁶ A sword is ^(A)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
³⁷ A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all ^(B)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And ^(C)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.

⁷ Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,
⁸ And they will be afraid.
^(A)Pangs^[a] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.

45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To ^(A)Cyrus, whose ^(B)right hand I have ^[a]held—
^(C)To subdue nations before him
And ^(D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
² ‘I will go before you
^(E)And^[b] make the ^[c]crooked places straight;
^(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.

^5 (A)The stouthearted were plundered;
^(B)They ^[a]have sunk into their sleep;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

⁵ I will also break the gate ^(A)bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who ^[a]holds the scepter from ^[b]Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”
Says the Lord.