Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.
When evildoers assail me, uttering slanders against me, my adversaries and foes, they shall stumble and fall.
I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
Again I passed by, and lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
The earth staggers like a drunken man, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more; though you be sought for, you will never be found again, says the Lord God.”
“In those times a branch from her roots shall arise in his place; he shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.