⁴ Like arrows^(A) in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.

⁶ Children’s children^(A) are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children.

⁹ For I will stir^(A) up and bring against Babylon
    an alliance of great nations^(B) from the land of the north.^(C)
They will take up their positions against her,
    and from the north she will be captured.^(D)
Their arrows^(E) will be like skilled warriors
    who do not return empty-handed.

⁴ He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,^(A)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.