“Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.”
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber; your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them—the final image depicts collapse of leadership and dispersion of the population. The sleeping shepherds suggest abandonment of responsibility in Nineveh's hour of desperate need; the scattered people with no gatherer emphasize utter disorganization. The verse concludes with a vision of total social dissolution.
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