-6 “And she will become a spoil to the nations, and her daughters who are in the surrounding country will be slain with the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

‘A spoil to the nations.' Compare Ezekiel 25:7; also see Ezekiel 7:21. She had rejoiced to see Jerusalem spoiled, now she would be spoiled herself, sharing a similar fate. Thus she too will be made aware of Who Yahweh is. Her ‘daughters' were the local towns connected with her, who looked to her and depended on her. They would suffer for their allegiance.

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