"Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far ... it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not... Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, ... they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: ... they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword." [Jeremiah 5:15-17]