<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will kill all the archers of Elam,p> <p class="poetry">who are the chief source of her military might.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Nations will see this and be disappointed by<n id="1" /> all their strength,p> <p class="poetry">they will put their hands over their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">and act as if they were deaf.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting.p> <p class="poetry">They will remain in their fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">They will lose their strength to do battle.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be as frightened as women.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The houses in her cities will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The gates of her cities will be broken down.<n id="3" />p>