¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

¹⁶ To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag his head.