²⁰ On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(A)
on the left they will eat,^(B)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:

⁹ Those killed by the sword are better off
    than those who die of famine;^(A)
racked with hunger, they waste away
    for lack of food from the field.^(B)

¹⁰ With their own hands compassionate women
    have cooked their own children,^(C)
who became their food
    when my people were destroyed.

⁴ Because of thirst^(A) the infant’s tongue
    sticks to the roof of its mouth;^(B)
the children beg for bread,
    but no one gives it to them.^(C)

⁵ Those who once ate delicacies
    are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple^(D)
    now lie on ash heaps.^(E)

¹⁸ If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.^(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.^(B)’”

⁷ therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters^(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria^(B) with all his pomp.^(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks^(D)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,^(E)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings^(F) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel^[a]!”^(G)