⁶ I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(C)

⁹     they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes^[a] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners^(A) like sand.

¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied;^(A)
    your stomach will still be empty.^[a]
You will store up but save nothing,^(B)
    because what you save^[b] I will give to the sword.