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Nahum 3

Nineveh's Complete Ruin

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 aWoe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs.

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The  anoise of the whip, The noise of the rattling of the wheel, Galloping horses And  1bounding chariots!

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Horsemen charging, Swords flashing,  aspears gleaming,  bMany slain, a mass of corpses, And  1 ccountless dead bodies-- They stumble over  2the dead bodies!

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All because of the  amany harlotries of the harlot, The charming one, the  bmistress of sorceries, Who  csells nations by her harlotries And families by her sorceries.

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"Behold,  aI am against you," declares the LORD of hosts; "And I will  1 blift up your skirts over your face, And  cshow to the nations your nakedness And to the kingdoms your disgrace.

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"I will  athrow  1filth on you And  bmake you vile, And set you up as a  cspectacle.

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"And it will come about that all who see you Will  1shrink from you and say, `Nineveh is devastated!  aWho will grieve for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

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Are you better than  1 aNo-amon, Which was situated by the  bwaters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was  2the sea, Whose wall consisted of  2the sea?

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 aEthiopia was her might, And Egypt too, without limits.  bPut and  cLubim were among  1her helpers.

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Yet she  abecame an exile, She went into captivity; Also her  bsmall children were dashed to pieces  cAt the head of every street; They  dcast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters.

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You too will become  adrunk, You will be  bhidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.

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All your fortifications are  afig trees with  1 bripe fruit-- When shaken, they fall into the eater's mouth.

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Behold, your people are  awomen in your midst! The gates of your land are  bopened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars.

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 aDraw for yourself water for the siege!  bStrengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!

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There  afire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will  bconsume you as the locust does. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

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You have increased your  atraders more than the stars of heaven-- The creeping locust  1strips and flies away.

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Your  1 aguardsmen are like the swarming locust. Your  bmarshals are like hordes of grasshoppers Settling in the stone walls on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not known.

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Your shepherds are  asleeping, O  bking of Assyria; Your  cnobles are lying down. Your people are  dscattered on the mountains And there is no one to regather them.

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There is  ano relief for your breakdown, Your  bwound is incurable. All who hear  1about you Will  cclap their hands over you, For on whom has not your evil passed continually?



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