⁵ The valiant^(A) lie plundered,
    they sleep their last sleep;^(B)
not one of the warriors
    can lift his hands.

⁷ Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.^(B)

⁸ Terror^(A) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip^(B) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(C)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.^(D)

³⁶ A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(A)
    They will be filled with terror.^(B)

³⁷ A sword against her horses and chariots^(A)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(B)
A sword against her treasures!^(C)
    They will be plundered.

⁹ Her gates^(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars^(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(C) among the nations,
    the law^(D) is no more,
and her prophets^(E) no longer find
    visions^(F) from the Lord.

⁵ I will break down the gate^(A) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in^[a] the Valley of Aven^[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.^(B)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,^(C)”
says the Lord.^(D)

¹³ Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.^(A)
The gates^(B) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.^(C)