Nahum 3

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1. 1Woe to the city soaked in blood! It is full of lies and plunder; the prey never leaves.
2. 2Listen! The crack of whips, the rumble of wheels, horses charging, chariots bouncing wildly —
3. 3The horseman raises both the shining sword and the gleaming spear. There is a multitude of slain, a great number of carcasses, and no end to their corpses; they stumble over the bodies.
4. 4Because of the many acts of prostitution by the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, who sells nations through her prostitution and families through her witchcrafts.
5. 5"I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will lift your skirts over your face. I will expose your nakedness to the nations and your shame to every kingdom."
6. 6"I will throw filth on you and treat you with contempt. I will make you a spectacle for all to see."
7. 7And it shall come to pass, that everyone who sees you will flee from you and say, 'Nineveh is destroyed! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find comforters for you?'
8. 8Are you better than populous No, which was situated among the rivers, with waters all around it, whose rampart was the sea, and whose wall was from the sea?
9. 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Libya were your helpers.
10. 10Yet even she was dragged away into captivity. Her infants were smashed to pieces at every street corner. Her nobles were divided up by casting lots, and all her leading men were bound in chains.
11. 11You too will be drunk; you will be hidden. You will also seek strength because of the enemy.
12. 12All your fortresses are like fig trees heavy with ripe fruit — one shake and the figs drop right into the mouth of whoever wants them.
13. 13Look, your people within you are women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to your enemies, and fire will devour your bars.
14. 14Store up water for the siege! Reinforce your fortresses! Get into the clay pits, stomp the mortar, and fire up the brick kilns!
15. 15There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down. It will devour you like the cankerworm. Multiply yourself like the cankerworm, multiply yourself like the locusts.
16. 16You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven; the cankerworm spoils and flies away.
17. 17Your officials are like locusts, and your commanders like swarms of grasshoppers that settle on the walls when it's cold. But the moment the sun comes out, they vanish — and no one knows where they've gone.
18. 18Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust. Your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no one gathers them.
19. 19There is no healing for your bruise; your wound is severe. Everyone who hears the news about you will clap their hands over you, for who has not suffered from your endless wickedness?