<p class="poetry">I replied, &#8220;How long, sovereign master?&#8221; He said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated,p> <p class="poetry">and houses are uninhabited,p> <p class="poetry">and the land is ruined and devastated,p>

<p class="poetry">The many nations massing together are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea&#8217;s waves.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The people making such an uproar are as good as dead,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he shouts at<n id="2" /> them, they will flee to a distant land,p> <p class="poetry">driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills,p> <p class="poetry">or like dead thistles<n id="3" /> before a strong gale.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Certainly you must have heard!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Long ago I worked it out,p> <p class="poetry">in ancient times I planned<n id="3" /> it,p> <p class="poetry">and now I am bringing it to pass.p> <p class="poetry">The plan is this:p> <p class="poetry">Fortified cities will crashp> <p class="poetry">into heaps of ruins.<n id="4" />p>