The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting. They have dwelt in strongholds; their might has withered; they became women; they have burned their houses, her bars are broken.
Behold, they are as stubble; the fire burns them; they shall not save their soul from the flame’s hand; there is no coal to warm them, not a flame to sit before it.
Kerioth is captured, and the strongholds are seized. And the mighty men’s hearts in Moab shall be at that day like the heart of a woman being distressed.
Shout against her round about. She has given her hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been thrown down, for it is Jehovah’s vengeance. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
And I will make her rulers drunk, also her wise ones, her governors, and her prefects, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a never-ending sleep, and not awaken, a statement of the King whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.
Her gates have sunk in the earth, He made perish and shattered her bars. Her kings and her rulers are among the nations. The Law is not. Also her prophets have not found a vision from Jehovah.
I will also break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the one living from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden. And the people of Syria shall go captive to Kir, says Jehovah.
standing from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment came.