Verse 11
"Thou shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shall seek a stronghold because of the enemy."
"Thou also shalt be drunken ..." There may be several meanings here, the one usually discerned being that Assyria, like Thebes, shall be drunken with the pride and conceit of their own power, or made drunken upon drinking the cup of the wrath of God. There is also the possibility that the drunkenness of the defenders at a key moment in the assault of the Assyrians contributed to their overthrow. It was surely the latter that was included in the condition of Assyria.
"Thou shalt be hid ..." These words are uncertain in the text; and Smith rendered them thus: "Thou too wilt take refuge from the foe, an unaccustomed role for Assyrian armies."[30]
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