¹⁶ The snorting of the enemy’s horses^(A)
    is heard from Dan;^(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.^(C)
They have come to devour^(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(A)
    that lions^(B) have chased away.
The first to devour^(C) them
    was the king^(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(F) king^(G) of Babylon.”