7. But now your brave warriors weep in public.Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
8. Your roads are deserted;no one travels them anymore.The Assyrians have broken their peace treatyand care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.They have no respect for anyone.
9. The land of Israel wilts in mourning.Lebanon withers with shame.The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
10. But the lord says: “Now I will stand up.Now I will show my power and might.
11. You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
12. Your people will be burned up completely,like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.