⁷ Therefore, behold, I will bring ^(A)strangers upon you,
The ^(B)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.

¹² Moreover, I will make the ^(A)canals of the Nile dry
And ^(B)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate,
As well as its fullness,
By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

⁶ For behold, I am ^(A)raising up the Chaldeans,
That bitter and hasty nation
Who walks on the breadth of the land
To ^(B)possess dwelling places which are not theirs.