10 Yet she went off to exile among the captives. Even her babes were dashed to pieces at the head of all streets. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her great men were bound with chains.
11 You too will become drunk. You will hide yourself. You too will seek refuge from an enemy.
12 All your fortifications will be fig trees with firstfruits— when shaken, they will fall, into an eater’s mouth.
13 See, your people within you are women. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies— fire has devoured your gate-bars.
14 Draw water for a siege. Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the mud and tread mortar. Take hold of the brick mold.
15 There fire will devour you. Sword will cut you off, devouring you like the locust. Multiply like the locust. Multiply like the swarming locust!
16 You have multiplied your traders more than the stars of heaven. Locusts have stripped and flown off.