³ I will encamp against you on all sides;
    I will encircle^(A) you with towers
    and set up my siege works^(B) against you.

⁴ Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
    your speech will mumble^(A) out of the dust.^(B)
Your voice will come ghostlike^(C) from the earth;
    out of the dust your speech will whisper.^(D)

³ Shepherds^(A) with their flocks will come against her;
    they will pitch their tents around^(B) her,
    each tending his own portion.”