²¹ I will give their wealth as plunder^(A) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.^(B)

⁷ I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;^(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(C)

¹² I will dry up^(A) the waters of the Nile^(B)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste^(C) the land and everything in it.