The passages are blocked, The reeds they have burned with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

"And I will make drunk Her princes and wise men, Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake," says the King, Whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.

Kerioth is taken, And the strongholds are surprised; The mighty men's hearts in Moab on that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

A sword [is] against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword [is] against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

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

The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of [them;] They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces [will be like] flames.

In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.

Surely, your people in your midst [are] women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies; Fire shall devour the bars of your [gates.]

"standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'

A sword [is] against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword [is] against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two.

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

"Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held -- To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:

'I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes [are] among the nations; The Law [is] no [more,] And her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

I will also break the [gate] bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir," Says the LORD.

Surely, your people in your midst [are] women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies; Fire shall devour the bars of your [gates.]