11. And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard.You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.
12. All your fortresses will fall.They will be devoured like the ripe figsthat fall into the mouthsof those who shake the trees.
13. Your troops will be as weakand helpless as women.The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemyand set on fire and burned.
14. Get ready for the siege!Store up water!Strengthen the defenses!Go into the pits to trample clay,and pack it into molds,making bricks to repair the walls.
15. But the fire will devour you;the sword will cut you down.The enemy will consume you like locusts,devouring everything they see.There will be no escape,even if you multiply like swarming locusts.
16. Your merchants have multiplieduntil they outnumber the stars.But like a swarm of locusts,they strip the land and fly away.