Judgment against Nineveh
1Woeto the bloodycity!it [is] all fullof lies[and] robbery;the preydepartethnot;
2The noiseof a whip,and the noiseof the rattlingof the wheels,and of the pransinghorses,and of the jumpingchariots.
3The horsemanlifteth upboth the brightswordand the glitteringspear:and [there is] a multitudeof slain,and a greatnumber of carcases;and [there is] none endof [their] corpses;they stumble{08675;03782:08735} upon their corpses:
4Because of the multitudeof the whoredomsof the wellfavouredharlot,the mistressof witchcrafts,that sellethnationsthrough her whoredoms,and familiesthrough her witchcrafts.
5Behold, I [am] against thee, saiththe LORDof hosts;and I will discoverthy skirtsupon thy face,and I will shewthe nationsthy nakedness,and the kingdomsthy shame.
6And I will castabominable filthupon thee, and make thee vile,and will setthee as a gazingstock.
7And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that lookupon thee shall fleefrom thee, and say,Ninevehis laid waste:who will bemoanher? whenceshall I seekcomfortersfor thee?
8Art thou betterthan populousNo,that was situateamong the rivers,[that had] the watersround aboutit, whose rampart[was] the sea,[and] her wall[was] from the sea?
9Ethiopiaand Egypt[were] her strength,and [it was] infinite;Putand Lubimwere thy helpers.
10Yet [was] she carried away,she wentinto captivity:her young childrenalso were dashed in piecesat the topof all the streets:and they castlotsfor her honourable men,and all her great menwere boundin chains.
11Thou also shalt be drunken:thou shalt be hid,thou also shalt seekstrengthbecause of the enemy.
12All thy strong holds[shall be like] fig treeswith the firstripe figs:if they be shaken,they shall even fallinto the mouthof the eater.
13Behold, thy peoplein the midstof thee [are] women:the gatesof thy landshall be set wideopenunto thine enemies:the fireshall devourthy bars.
14Drawthee watersfor the siege,fortifythy strong holds:gointo clay,and treadthe morter,make strongthe brickkiln.
15There shall the firedevourthee; the swordshall cut thee off,it shall eat thee uplike the cankerworm:make thyself manyas the cankerworm,make thyself manyas the locusts.
16Thou hast multipliedthy merchantsabove the starsof heaven:the cankerwormspoileth,and flieth away.
17Thy crowned[are] as the locusts,and thy captainsas the great grasshoppers,which campin the hedgesin the coldday,[but] when the sunariseththey flee away,and their placeis not knownwherethey [are].
18Thy shepherdsslumber,O kingof Assyria:thy noblesshall dwell[in the dust]: thy peopleis scatteredupon the mountains,and no man gathereth[them].
19[There is] no healingof thy bruise;thy woundis grievous:all that hearthe bruitof thee shall clapthe handsover thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickednesspassedcontinually?
