⁷ I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;^(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(C)

¹⁷ Your guards are like locusts,^(A)
    your officials like swarms of locusts
    that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
    and no one knows where.

¹⁸ King of Assyria, your shepherds^[a] slumber;^(B)
    your nobles lie down to rest.^(C)
Your people are scattered^(D) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.

¹¹ He and his army—the most ruthless of nations^(A)—
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.^(B)