¹⁴ Like a hunted^(A) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,^(B)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee^(C) to their native land.^(D)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
    all who are caught will fall^(E) by the sword.^(F)

¹³ Look at the land of the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians^(B) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;^(C)
they raised up their siege towers,^(D)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.^(E)