Through a land of hardship and distress,^(C)
    of lions^(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,^(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’^(F) backs,
    their treasures^(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

¹⁹ The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah^(A) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.