²⁵ A ·bed [resting place] has been made for Elam [v. 24] ·with all those killed in war [among the slain]. The graves of her ·soldiers [hordes] are all around her. All Elam’s people are ·unclean [^Luncircumcised], killed ·in war [^Lby the sword]. They ·frightened people [spread terror] ·when they lived on earth [^Lin the land of the living], but now they must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the ·place of the dead [^Lpit]. ·Their graves are [or They are assigned a place; ^LThey are set] with the rest who were killed.

²⁶ “·Meshech and Tubal [or Meshech-tubal; ^Cpeople from Asia Minor, southeast of the Black Sea; 27:13] are there with the graves of all their ·soldiers [hordes] around them. All of them are ·unclean [uncircumcised] and have been killed ·in war [^Lby the sword]. They also ·frightened people [spread terror] ·when they lived on earth [^Lin the land of the living]. ²⁷ But they ·are not buried [^Ldo not lie] with the ·other soldiers who were killed in battle [fallen warriors of] long ago,^[a] those who went with their weapons of war to ·the place of the dead [^LSheol]. These soldiers had their swords laid under their heads and their ·shields [or iniquities; guilt] resting on their ·bodies [^Lbones]. These mighty soldiers used to ·frighten [terrorize] people ·when they lived on earth [^Lin the land of the living].