⁹ the chief men refrained from speaking^(A)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;^(B)

¹⁰ the voices of the nobles were hushed,^(A)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.^(B)

¹⁶ Nations will see and be ashamed,^(A)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths^(B)
    and their ears will become deaf.