The reflection on the past terror, questioning where the scribe who assessed and recorded tribute, where the officer who counted the towers, indicates that those who administered the conquest and collected tribute will be remembered as agents of past oppression. This verse establishes that the judgment brings reversal not only to current conditions but to the memory and legacy of past enemies. The specific reference to scribes and officers indicates that the administrative apparatus of oppression will be dismantled along with military power. The verse suggests that the judgment involves the complete erasure of the structures that had seemed permanent and powerful.

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