1Woe[H1945] to the bloody[H1818]city[H5892]! it is all full[H4392] of lies[H3585] and robbery[H6563]; the prey[H2964]departeth[H4185] not;
2
The noise[H6963] of a whip[H7752], and the noise[H6963] of the rattling[H7494] of the wheels[H212], and of the pransing[H1725]horses[H5483], and of the jumping[H7540]chariots[H4818].
3
The horseman[H6571] lifteth up[H5927] both the bright[H3851]sword[H2719] and the glittering[H1300]spear[H2595]: and there is a multitude[H7230] of slain[H2491], and a great[H3514] number of carcases[H6297]; and there is none end[H7097] of their corpses[H1472]; they stumble[H3782] upon their corpses[H1472]:
4
Because of the multitude[H7230] of the whoredoms[H2183] of the wellfavoured[H2896]harlot[H2181], the mistress[H1172] of witchcrafts[H3785], that selleth[H4376]nations[H1471] through her whoredoms[H2183], and families[H4940] through her witchcrafts[H3785].
5
Behold, I am against thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; and I will discover[H1540] thy skirts[H7757] upon thy face[H6440], and I will shew[H7200] the nations[H1471] thy nakedness[H4626], and the kingdoms[H4467] thy shame[H7036].
6
And I will cast[H7993] abominable filth[H8251] upon thee, and make thee vile[H5034], and will set[H7760] thee as a gazingstock[H7210].
7
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look[H7200] upon thee shall flee[H5074] from thee, and say[H559], Nineveh[H5210] is laid waste[H7703]: who will bemoan[H5110] her? whence[H370] shall I seek[H1245]comforters[H5162] for thee?
8
Art thou better[H3190] than populous[H527]No[H4996], that was situate[H3427] among the rivers[H2975], that had the waters[H4325] round about[H5439] it, whose rampart[H2426] was the sea[H3220], and her wall[H2346] was from the sea?[H3220]
9Ethiopia[H3568] and Egypt[H4714] were her strength[H6109], and it was infinite[H369]; Put[H6316] and Lubim[H3864] were thy helpers[H5833].
10
Yet was she carried away[H1473], she went[H1980] into captivity[H7628]: her young children[H5768] also were dashed in pieces[H7376] at the top[H7218] of all the streets[H2351]: and they cast[H3032]lots[H1486] for her honourable men[H3513], and all her great men[H1419] were bound[H7576] in chains[H2131].
11
Thou also shalt be drunken[H7937]: thou shalt be hid[H5956], thou also shalt seek[H1245]strength[H4581] because of the enemy[H341].
12
All thy strong holds[H4013] shall be like fig trees[H8384] with the firstripe figs[H1061]: if they be shaken[H5128], they shall even fall[H5307] into the mouth[H6310] of the eater[H398].
13
Behold, thy people[H5971] in the midst[H7130] of thee are women[H802]: the gates[H8179] of thy land[H776] shall be set wide[H6605]open[H6605] unto thine enemies[H341]: the fire[H784] shall devour[H398] thy bars[H1280].
14Draw[H7579] thee waters[H4325] for the siege[H4692], fortify[H2388] thy strong[H2388]holds[H4013]: go[H935] into clay[H2916], and tread[H7429] the morter[H2563], make strong[H2388] the brickkiln[H4404].
15
There shall the fire[H784]devour[H398] thee; the sword[H2719] shall cut thee off[H3772], it shall eat thee up[H398] like the cankerworm[H3218]: make thyself many[H3513] as the cankerworm[H3218], make thyself many[H3513] as the locusts[H697].
16
Thou hast multiplied[H7235] thy merchants[H7402] above the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064]: the cankerworm[H3218]spoileth[H6584], and flieth away[H5774].
17
Thy crowned[H4502] are as the locusts[H697], and thy captains[H2951] as the great grasshoppers[H1462], which camp[H2583] in the hedges[H1448] in the cold[H7135]day[H3117], but when the sun[H8121]ariseth[H2224] they flee away[H5074], and their place[H4725] is not known[H3045]where[H335] they are.
18
Thy shepherds[H7462]slumber[H5123], O king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]: thy nobles[H117] shall dwell[H7931] in the dust: thy people[H5971] is scattered[H6335] upon the mountains[H2022], and no man gathereth[H6908] them.
19
There is no healing[H3545] of thy bruise[H7667]; thy wound[H4347] is grievous[H2470]: all that hear[H8085] the bruit[H8088] of thee shall clap[H8628] the hands[H3709] over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness[H7451]passed[H5674]continually?[H8548]