Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her. They shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, all in their places.
He sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Arameans, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites; he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets.
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.