²³ Men from Babylon and all ·Babylonia [^Lthe Chaldeans] and men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa attack you [^Cpeople groups from the Mesopotamian region]. All the Assyrians will attack you: ·handsome [desirable] young ·captains [or governors] and ·lieutenants [commanders], all of them ·important men [officers and nobles] and all riding horses. ²⁴ Those men will attack with ·great armies [a host of people/nations] and with their weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will ·surround you [^Ltake up positions against you on every side] with large and small shields and with helmets. And I will ·give them the right to punish you [^Lassign judgment to them], and they will ·give you their own kind of punishment [or judge you by their own standards]. ²⁵ Then ·you will see how strong my anger can be [or I will direct my jealous anger against you] when they ·punish [deal with] you in their anger. They will cut off your noses and ears [^Cacts of torture and humiliation]. They will ·take away [seize] your sons and daughters, and those who are left will be ·burned [consumed/devoured by fire].