10 Even she went into captivity and was exiled.Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner.Soldiers tossed dice for her important men,and all her best men were bound in chains.
11 Even you, Nineveh, will stagger like a drunk.You will disappear.Even you will look for a fortress ⌊to escape⌋ from the enemy.
12 All your defenses will be like fig trees with the earliest figs.When shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your soldiers; they’re women!The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies.Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates.
14 Store water for the siege!Strengthen your defenses!Step into the claypits and trample the clay!Grab the brick mold!
15 Fire will consume you there.A sword will cut you down.It will consume you like locusts.Multiply like locusts!Multiply like hungry locusts!
16 You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky.⌊They are⌋ like locusts that attack and then fly away.