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Woe to the bloody city! it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery; the prey departeth not;
(3:1)
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots
(3:2)
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:
(3:3)
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
(3:4)
Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame
(3:5)
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock
(3:6)
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?
(3:7)
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?
(3:8)
Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers
(3:9)
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
(3:10)
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy
(3:11)
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
(3:12)
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
(3:13)
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln
(3:14)
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
(3:15)
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away
(3:16)
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]
(3:17)
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]
(3:18)
[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?
(3:19)
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