^{12 Ref} All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

^{13 Ref} Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

^{14 Ref} Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

^{15 Ref} There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.