¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

¹³ He strengthens the bars of your gates^(A)
    and blesses your people^(B) within you.

³⁰ Babylon’s warriors^(A) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.^(B)
Her dwellings are set on fire;^(C)
    the bars^(D) of her gates are broken.

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.

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)