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.

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.

⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is dissolved.

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

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.

¹³ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.

¹⁶ For He has ^(A)broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.