8 Are you better than Thebesthat sat by the Nile,with water around her,whose rampart was the sea,and whose wall was the water?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was without limit;Put and Libya were her helpers.
10 Yet she went into exile,she went into captivity;her young children were dashed to piecesat the head of every street;they cast lots for her honorable men,and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be drunk;you will go into hiding;you will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig treeswith first-ripe figs:If they are shaken,they fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Your troopsare women in your midst!The gates of your landare wide open to your enemies;fire has devoured your bars.
14 Draw water for the siege!Strengthen your forts!Go into the clay andtread the mortar!Take hold of the brick mold!