They are worn out and weary from being chased by enemies with swords and arrows.
Everyone will run to their homelands, just as hunted deer run, and sheep scatter when they have no shepherd.
Those who are captured will be killed by a sword.
But even if they roar like a fearsome flood, God will give the command to turn them back. They will be like dust, or like straw blowing across the hills in a storm.
Your leaders ran away, but they were captured without a fight. No matter how far they ran, they were found and caught.
The Assyrians will be killed, but not by the swords of humans. Their young men will try to escape, but they will be captured and forced into slavery.
Nations scatter when you roar and show your greatness.