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3 : 1 Woe tothe bloody city,all full of lies and plunder&emdash;no end to the prey!
3 : 2 The crack of the whip, andrumble of the wheel,galloping horse andbounding chariot!
3 : 3 Horsemen charging,flashing sword andglittering spear,hosts of slain,heaps of corpses,dead bodies without end&emdash;they stumble over the bodies!
3 : 4 And all for the countless whorings of theprostitute,graceful and of deadly charms,who betrays nations with her whorings,and peoples with her charms.
3 : 5 Behold, I am against you,declares theLordof hosts,andwill lift up your skirts over your face;and I will make nations look atyour nakednessand kingdoms at your shame.
3 : 6 I will throw filth at youandtreat you with contemptand make youa spectacle.
3 : 7 And all who look at youwill shrink from you and say,Wasted isNineveh;who will grieve for her?Where shall I seek comforters for you?
3 : 8 Are you better thanThebesthat satby the Nile,with water around her,her rampart a sea,and water her wall?
3 : 9 Cush was her strength;Egypt too, and that without limit;Put and theLibyans were herhelpers.
3 : 10 Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity;her infants were dashed in piecesat the head of every street;for her honored menlots were cast,and all her great men were bound in chains.
3 : 11 You also will be drunken;you will go into hiding;you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
3 : 12 All your fortresses arelike fig treeswith first-ripe figs&emdash;if shaken they fallinto the mouth of the eater.
3 : 13 Behold, your troopsare women in your midst.The gates of your landare wide open to your enemies;fire has devoured your bars.
3 : 14 Draw water for the siege;strengthen your forts;go into the clay;tread the mortar;take hold of the brick mold!
3 : 15 There will the fire devour you;the sword will cut you off.It willdevour youlike the locust.Multiply yourselveslike the locust;multiplylike the grasshopper!
3 : 16 You increasedyour merchantsmore than the stars of the heavens.The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
3 : 17 Yourprinces arelike grasshoppers,your scribeslike clouds of locustssettling on the fencesin a day of cold&emdash;when the sun rises, they fly away;no one knows where they are.
3 : 18 Your shepherdsare asleep,O king of Assyria;your nobles slumber.Your peopleare scattered on the mountainswith none to gather them.
3 : 19 There is no easing your hurt;your wound is grievous.All who hear the news about youclap their hands over you.Forupon whom has not comeyour unceasing evil?