9. Cush and Egypt constituted her strength, without limit;Put and the Libyans were her help.
10. Yet even she was destined for exile;she went into captivity.Indeed, her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street.They cast lots for her officials;all of her powerful citizens were bound in chains.
11. Yes, even you will become drunk;you will have to hide!Even you will have to seek refuge from the enemy!
12. All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit;when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater.
13. Look, your people are women in your midst.The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies.Fire consumes the bars of your gates.
14. Draw water for yourself to prepare for siege!Strengthen your fortifications!Tread the clay, trample the mortar, grab the brick mold!
15. Fire will consume you there;the sword will cut you down;like the locust it will consume you.Multiply like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!
16. You boasted more traders than the heavens have stars.The locust sheds its skin and flies away.
17. Your guards are like grasshoppers,your marshals like swarms of cicadasthat encamp on stone fences on a chilly day;when the sun rises, they take flight;no one knows where they have gone.