Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?

head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms),

And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the rich valley,
Will be like the early fig before the summer,
Which one sees,
And as soon as it is in his hand
He [greedily] swallows it [and so will the Assyrians rapidly devour Samaria, Israel’s capital].

For the bed is too short to stretch out on,
And the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself [and likewise all their preparations are inadequate].