¹⁴ What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.
    When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.

This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
    the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
    and what he closes, no one can open:^[a]

⁵⁸ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
    and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
    for their work will be destroyed by fire!”

⁷ Then everyone stops working
    so they can watch his power.

¹⁰ He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
    He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.

¹¹ God has handed me over to sinners.
    He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

¹⁰ If God comes and puts a person in prison
    or calls the court to order, who can stop him?