⁵ I will break down the bar of the gate to Damascus [^Cthe huge beam used to lock the gate]
    and destroy the ·king who is in [or the inhabitants of; ^Lthe one who sits/dwells in] the Valley of ·Aven [or Wickedness; Hos. 4:15],
as well as the ·leader [^Lone who holds the scepter] of Beth Eden [^Ceither Bit Adini, a city-state near the Euphrates, or a mocking name for Damascus, meaning “city of delight”].
    The people of ·Aram [Syria] will be taken captive to the country of Kir [^Cwhere the Syrians originated (9:7); ironically, they would return there as captives; 2 Kin. 16:9],” says the Lord.