Shall he therefore empty his net, and shall he not spare to continually slay nations?
Jehovah has broken the rod of the wicked one, the staff of rulers,
who struck the peoples in wrath, a blow without turning away, ruling the nations in anger, persecution without restraint.
The fishermen shall mourn; and all who cast a hook into the Nile shall wail; and those who spread nets on the surface of the waters shall droop.
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the ruin of beasts terrify them because of the blood of men and the violence of the land, the city, and all those dwelling in it.