¹⁶ Je suis vivant! dit le Seigneur, l'Eternel, c'est dans le pays du roi qui l'a fait régner, envers qui il a violé son serment et dont il a rompu l'alliance, c'est près de lui, au milieu de Babylone, qu'il mourra.

⁸ Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

⁹ All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

¹⁰ Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.