For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
"Their pleasant things ... their tents ..." These are references to their dwellings and to their treasures.  "The growth of thorns and thistles presupposes the utter desolation of the abodes of men."[16]  This was what happened: the country was so desolated and depopulated that the wild beasts took over the whole land, leading to an effort on the part of the Assyrian king to reclaim it.  See  2 Kings 17:24-26.