6. And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.
7. And this shall be: everyone who sees you, will recoil from you, and he will say: "Nineveh has been devastated." Who will shake his head over you? Where might I seek consolation for you?
8. Are you better than the populous Alexandria, which dwells along the rivers? Waters encircle it: the sea, with its riches. The waters are its walls.
9. Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.
10. Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles.
11. Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition.
12. All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours.