People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

ה (He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.

The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.