The prophet now describes the attack. Note that he does not just say "You will be attacked", but paints a vivid picture of the event, making it all the more real. In the end it was alliance of the Babylonians and Medes who attacked Assyria.
The destruction on Assyria was not the goal in itself, rather it was the restoration of Israel. She had been laid waste, but God would restore her splendour.
The picture of the attack is then made all the more vivid. Nineveh would try to save herself by gathering her troops, but all these efforts would prove futile. All her wealth would be plundered, and many of her people would be sent into exile. In short, she would suffer the same things that she had inflicted on many other nations.
Verses 11-13 contrast what Assyria would become with what she had been. All this would happen because the Lord was against her.
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