Woe to the bloody
city
! it is all full
of lies
and robbery
; the prey
departeth
not;
The noise of a whip
, and the noise
of the rattling
of the wheels
, and of the pransing
horses
, and of the jumping
chariots
.
The horseman lifteth up
both the bright
sword
and the glittering
spear
: and there is a multitude
of slain
, and a great
number of carcases
; and there is none end
of their corpses
; they stumble
upon their corpses
:
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms
of the wellfavoured
harlot
, the mistress
of witchcrafts
, that selleth
nations
through her whoredoms
, and families
through her witchcrafts
.
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD
of hosts
; and I will discover
thy skirts
upon thy face
, and I will shew
the nations
thy nakedness
, and the kingdoms
thy shame
.
And I will cast abominable filth
upon thee, and make thee vile
, and will set
thee as a gazingstock
.
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee
from thee, and say
, Nineveh
is laid waste
: who will bemoan
her? whence
shall I seek
comforters
for thee?
Art thou better than populous
No
, that was situate
among the rivers
, that had the waters
round about
it, whose rampart
was the sea
, and her wall
was from the sea
?
Ethiopia and Egypt
were her strength
, and it was infinite
; Put
and Lubim
were thy helpers
.
Yet was she carried away, she went
into captivity
: her young children
also were dashed in pieces
at the top
of all the streets
: and they cast
lots
for her honourable men
, and all her great men
were bound
in chains
.
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid
, thou also shalt seek
strength
because of the enemy
.
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees
with the firstripe figs
: if they be shaken
, they shall even fall
into the mouth
of the eater
.
Behold, thy people in the midst
of thee are women
: the gates
of thy land
shall be set wide
open
unto thine enemies
: the fire
shall devour
thy bars
.
Draw thee waters
for the siege
, fortify
thy strong holds
: go
into clay
, and tread
the morter
, make strong
the brickkiln
.
There shall the fire devour
thee; the sword
shall cut thee off
, it shall eat thee up
like the cankerworm
: make thyself many
as the cankerworm
, make thyself many
as the locusts
.
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants
above the stars
of heaven
: the cankerworm
spoileth
, and flieth away
.
Thy crowned are as the locusts
, and thy captains
as the great grasshoppers
, which camp
in the hedges
in the cold
day
, but when the sun
ariseth
they flee away
, and their place
is not known
where
they are .
Thy shepherds slumber
, O king
of Assyria
: thy nobles
shall dwell
in the dust : thy people
is scattered
upon the mountains
, and no man gathereth
them .
There is no healing of thy bruise
; thy wound
is grievous
: all that hear
the bruit
of thee shall clap
the hands
over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness
passed
continually
?