1Woe1945 to the bloody1818 city5892! it is all full4392 of lies3585 and robbery6563; the prey2964 departeth4185 not;
2The noise6963 of a whip7752, and the noise6963 of the rattling7494 of the wheels212, and of the pransing1725 horses5483, and of the jumping7540 chariots4818.
3The horseman6571 lifteth up5927 both the bright3851 sword2719 and the glittering1300 spear2595: and there is a multitude7230 of slain2491, and a great3514 number of carcases6297; and there is none end7097 of their corpses1472; they stumble3782 3782 upon their corpses1472:
4Because of the multitude7230 of the whoredoms2183 of the wellfavoured2896 2580 harlot2181, the mistress1172 of witchcrafts3785, that selleth4376 nations1471 through her whoredoms2183, and families4940 through her witchcrafts3785.
5Behold, I am against thee, saith5002 the LORD3068 of hosts6635; and I will discover1540 thy skirts7757 upon thy face6440, and I will shew7200 the nations1471 thy nakedness4626, and the kingdoms4467 thy shame7036.
6And I will cast7993 abominable filth8251 upon thee, and make thee vile5034, and will set7760 thee as a gazingstock7210.
7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look7200 upon thee shall flee5074 from thee, and say559, Nineveh5210 is laid waste7703: who will bemoan5110 her? whence370 shall I seek1245 comforters5162 for thee?
8Art thou better3190 than populous527 528 No4996, that was situate3427 among the rivers2975, that had the waters4325 round about5439 it, whose rampart2426 was the sea3220, and her wall2346 was from the sea3220?
9Ethiopia3568 and Egypt4714 were her strength6109, and it was infinite369 7097; Put6316 and Lubim3864 were thy helpers5833.
10Yet was she carried away1473, she went1980 into captivity7628: her young children5768 also were dashed in pieces7376 at the top7218 of all the streets2351: and they cast3032 lots1486 for her honourable men3513, and all her great men1419 were bound7576 in chains2131.
11Thou also shalt be drunken7937: thou shalt be hid5956, thou also shalt seek1245 strength4581 because of the enemy341.
12All thy strong holds4013 shall be like fig trees8384 with the firstripe figs1061: if they be shaken5128, they shall even fall5307 into the mouth6310 of the eater398.
13Behold, thy people5971 in the midst7130 of thee are women802: the gates8179 of thy land776 shall be set wide6605 open6605 unto thine enemies341: the fire784 shall devour398 thy bars1280.
14Draw7579 thee waters4325 for the siege4692, fortify2388 thy strong holds4013: go935 into clay2916, and tread7429 the morter2563, make strong2388 the brickkiln4404.
15There shall the fire784 devour398 thee; the sword2719 shall cut thee off3772, it shall eat thee up398 like the cankerworm3218: make thyself many3513 as the cankerworm3218, make thyself many3513 as the locusts697.
16Thou hast multiplied7235 thy merchants7402 above the stars3556 of heaven8064: the cankerworm3218 spoileth6584, and flieth away5774.
17Thy crowned4502 are as the locusts697, and thy captains2951 as the great grasshoppers1462, which camp2583 in the hedges1448 in the cold7135 day3117, but when the sun8121 ariseth2224 they flee away5074, and their place4725 is not known3045 where335 they are.
18Thy shepherds7462 slumber5123, O king4428 of Assyria804: thy nobles117 shall dwell7931 in the dust: thy people5971 is scattered6335 upon the mountains2022, and no man gathereth6908 them.
19There is no healing3545 of thy bruise7667; thy wound4347 is grievous2470: all that hear8085 the bruit8088 of thee shall clap8628 the hands3709 over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness7451 passed5674 continually8548?