The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.