⁷ therefore, behold, I will bring ^(A)foreigners upon you,
    the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^(B)the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile ^(C)your splendor.

⁶ For behold, ^(A)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
    that bitter and hasty nation,
^(B)who march through the breadth of the earth,
    ^(C)to seize dwellings not their own.
⁷ They are dreaded and fearsome;
    ^(D)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.

¹¹ He and his people with him, ^(A)the most ruthless of nations,
    shall be brought in to destroy the land,
^(B)and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.

² For you have made the city ^(A)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.
^3 (B)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
    cities of ruthless nations will fear you.