17:1
Fear falls upon peoples, nations, tongues, those dwelling beside seas, and those living in wilderness places.
17:2
From west they flee eastward, from east westward, from north southward, and from south northward.
17:3
No region becomes safe merely by receiving the refugees of another region; the disorder crosses every human boundary.
17:4
The text’s geography describes universal displacement and is not reduced to one modern migration or one empire.