Nahum 3:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ You brought so many merchants
    till they are more numerous than the stars in the skies.
Like grasshoppers, they strip sustenance from the land,
    only to fly away before justice can be sought.
¹⁷ Your courtiers are like locusts;
    your city officials like swarms of locusts
Who become chilled against the wall on a cold day.
    When the sun comes up and they are warmed,
They fly away, abandoning you.
    Searching, no one can find them.
¹⁸ O king of Assyria, your shepherds felt safe enough to sleep in the fields.
    Your leaders slept soundly in the city.
When judgment comes, your people are scattered like lost sheep,
    far and wide among the mountains.
There is no leader left to rally them together.