<p class="poetry">Your courtiers<n id="1" /> are like locusts,p> <p class="poetry">your officials<n id="2" /> are like a swarm of locusts!p> <p class="poetry">They encamp in the walls on a cold day,p> <p class="poetry">yet when the sun rises, they<n id="3" /> fly away;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one knows where they<n id="5" /> are.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I am against you!&#8221; declares<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will burn your chariots<n id="3" /> with fire;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the sword will devour your young lions;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer prey upon the land;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">the voices of your messengers<n id="7" /> will no longer be heard.&#8221;p>