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[1] Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey. [2] The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, [3] the horseman charging, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies [4] because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft. [5] “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. [6] I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle. [7] It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?” [8] Are you better than No-Amon,§ who was situated among the rivers,§ who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea? [9] Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers. [10] Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. [11] You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. [12] All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs. If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. [13] Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars. [14] Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. [15] There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust. [16] You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away. [17] Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. [18] Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. [19] There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you, for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

Footnotes

  1. § 3:8a or, Thebes
  2. § 3:8b or, Nile
King James Version

The End of Nineveh

[1] Woe 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 H3782 upon their corpses: H1472 [4] because of the multitude H7230 of the whoredoms H2183 of the wellfavoured H2896 H2580 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 H5921 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 H5921 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 H4480 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 H528 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 [9] Ethiopia H3568 and Egypt H4714 were her strength, H6109 and it was infinite; H369 H7097 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 H1571 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 H3605 thy strong holds H4013 shall be like fig trees H8384 with H5973 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 [14] Draw H7579 thee waters H4325 for the siege, H4692 fortify H2388 thy strong holds: H4013 go H935 into clay, H2916 and tread H7429 the morter, H2563 make strong H2388 the brickkiln. H4404 [15] There H8033 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 fleeth 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 H5921 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 H3605 that hear H8085 the bruit H8088 of thee shall clap H8628 the hands H3709 over H5921 thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness H7451 passed H5674 continually? H8548

Footnotes

  1. § 3:1 Heb. city of bloods
  2. § 3:8 Or, nourishing. Heb. No Amon
  3. § 3:9 Heb. in thy help
  4. § 3:16 Or, spreadeth himself
  5. § 3:18 Or, valiant ones
  6. § 3:19 Heb. wrinkling
Septuaginta
[1] Ὦ G5599 πόλις G4172 αἱμάτων G129 ὅλη G3650 ψευδὴς G5571 ἀδικίας G93 πλήρης, G4134 οὐ G3756 ψηλαφηθήσεται G5584 θήρα. G2339 [2] Φωνὴ G5456 μαστίγων G3148 καὶ G2532 φωνὴ G5456 σεισμοῦ G4578 τροχῶν G5164 καὶ G2532 ἵππου G2462 διώκοντος G1377 καὶ G2532 ἅρματος G716 ἀναβράσσοντος [3] καὶ G2532 ἱππέως G2460 ἀναβαίνοντος G305 καὶ G2532 στιλβούσης G4744 ῥομφαίας G4501 καὶ G2532 ἐξαστραπτόντων G1823 ὅπλων G3696 καὶ G2532 πλήθους G4128 τραυματιῶν καὶ G2532 βαρείας G926 πτώσεως· G4431 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 πέρας G4009 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν G1484 αὐτῆς, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀσθενήσουσιν G770 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 σώμασιν G4983 αὐτῶν G846 [4] ἀπὸ G575 πλήθους G4128 πορνείας. G4202 Πόρνη G4204 καλὴ καὶ G2532 ἐπιχαρὴς ἡγουμένη G2233 φαρμάκων ἡ G3588 πωλοῦσα G4453 ἔθνη G1484 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 πορνείᾳ G4202 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 φυλὰς G5443 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 φαρμάκοις αὐτῆς, G846 [5] ἰδοῦ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐπὶ G1909 σέ, G4571 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 παντοκράτωρ, G3841 καὶ G2532 ἀποκαλύψω G601 τὰ G3588 ὀπίσω G3694 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπόν G4383 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 δείξω G1166 ἔθνεσιν G1484 τὴν G3588 αἰσχύνην G152 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 βασιλείαις G932 τὴν G3588 ἀτιμίαν G819 σου G4675 [6] καὶ G2532 ἐπιρρίψω G1977 ἐπὶ G1909 σὲ G4571 βδελυγμὸν κατὰ G2596 τὰς G3588 ἀκαθαρσίας G167 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 θήσομαί G5087 σε G4571 εἰς G1519 παράδειγμα, [7] καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 πᾶς G3956 ὁ G3588 ὁρῶν G3708 σε G4571 ἀποπηδήσεται ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖ G2046 Δειλαία Νινευη· G3535 τίς G5101 στενάξει G4727 αὐτήν; G846 Πόθεν G4159 ζητήσω G2212 παράκλησιν G3874 αὐτῇ; G846 [8] Ἑτοίμασαι G2090 μερίδα, G3310 ἅρμοσαι G718 χορδήν, ἑτοίμασαι G2090 μερίδα, G3310 Αμων G300 ἡ G3588 κατοικοῦσα G2730 ἐν G1722 ποταμοῖς, G4215 ὕδωρ G5204 κύκλῳ G2945 αὐτῆς, G846 ἧς G3739 ἡ G3588 ἀρχὴ G746 θάλασσα G2281 καὶ G2532 ὕδωρ G5204 τὰ G3588 τείχη G5038 αὐτῆς, G846 [9] καὶ G2532 Αἰθιοπία ἡ G3588 ἰσχὺς G2479 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 Αἴγυπτος, G125 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 πέρας G4009 τῆς G3588 φυγῆς, G5437 καὶ G2532 Λίβυες ἐγένοντο G1096 βοηθοὶ G998 αὐτῆς. G846 [10] Καὶ G2532 αὐτὴ G846 εἰς G1519 μετοικεσίαν G3350 πορεύσεται G4198 αἰχμάλωτος, G164 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 νήπια G3516 αὐτῆς G846 ἐδαφιοῦσιν G1474 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀρχὰς G746 πασῶν G3956 τῶν G3588 ὁδῶν G3598 αὐτῆς, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔνδοξα G1741 αὐτῆς G846 βαλοῦσιν G906 κλήρους, G2819 καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 μεγιστᾶνες G3175 αὐτῆς G846 δεθήσονται G1210 χειροπέδαις. [11] Καὶ G2532 σὺ G4771 μεθυσθήσῃ G3182 καὶ G2532 ἔσῃ G2071 ὑπερεωραμένη, G5237 καὶ G2532 σὺ G4771 ζητήσεις G2212 σεαυτῇ G4572 στάσιν G4714 ἐξ G1537 ἐχθρῶν. G2190 [12] Πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ὀχυρώματά G3794 σου G4675 συκαῖ G4808 σκοποὺς G4649 ἔχουσαι· G2192 ἐὰν G1437 σαλευθῶσιν, G4531 καὶ G2532 πεσοῦνται G4098 εἰς G1519 στόμα G4750 ἔσθοντος. [13] Ἰδοὺ G2400 ὁ G3588 λαός G2992 σου G4675 ὡς G5613 γυναῖκες G1135 ἐν G1722 σοί· G4671 τοῖς G3588 ἐχθροῖς G2190 σου G4675 ἀνοιγόμεναι G455 ἀνοιχθήσονται G455 πύλαι G4439 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 καταφάγεται G2719 πῦρ G4442 τοὺς G3588 μοχλούς σου. G4675 [14] Ὕδωρ G5204 περιοχῆς G4042 ἐπίσπασαι G1986 σεαυτῇ G4572 καὶ G2532 κατακράτησον τῶν G3588 ὀχυρωμάτων G3794 σου, G4675 ἔμβηθι G1684 εἰς G1519 πηλὸν G4081 καὶ G2532 συμπατήθητι ἐν G1722 ἀχύροις, G892 κατακράτησον ὑπὲρ G5228 πλίνθον· [15] ἐκεῖ G1563 καταφάγεταί G2719 σε G4571 πῦρ, G4442 ἐξολεθρεύσει G1842 σε G4571 ῥομφαία, G4501 καταφάγεταί G2719 σε G4571 ὡς G5613 ἀκρίς, G200 καὶ G2532 βαρυνθήσῃ G925 ὡς G5613 βροῦχος. [16] Ἐπλήθυνας G4129 τὰς G3588 ἐμπορίας G1711 σου G4675 ὑπὲρ G5228 τὰ G3588 ἄστρα G798 τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ· G3772 βροῦχος ὥρμησεν G3729 καὶ G2532 ἐξεπετάσθη. [17] Ἐξήλατο ὡς G5613 ἀττέλεβος ὁ G3588 σύμμικτός σου, G4675 ὡς G5613 ἀκρὶς G200 ἐπιβεβηκυῖα G1910 ἐπὶ G1909 φραγμὸν G5418 ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 πάγους· ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 ἀνέτειλεν, G393 καὶ G2532 ἀφήλατο, καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω G1097 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 αὐτῆς· G846 οὐαὶ G3759 αὐτοῖς. G846 [18] Ἐνύσταξαν G3573 οἱ G3588 ποιμένες G4166 σου, G4675 βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀσσύριος ἐκοίμισεν τοὺς G3588 δυνάστας G1413 σου· G4675 ἀπῆρεν G522 ὁ G3588 λαός G2992 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 ὄρη, G3735 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 ἐκδεχόμενος. G1551 [19] Οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἴασις G2392 τῇ G3588 συντριβῇ σου, G4675 ἐφλέγμανεν ἡ G3588 πληγή G4127 σου· G4675 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἀκούοντες G191 τὴν G3588 ἀγγελίαν G31 σου G4675 κροτήσουσιν χεῖρας G5495 ἐπὶ G1909 σέ· G4571 διότι G1360 ἐπὶ G1909 τίνα G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἐπῆλθεν G1904 ἡ G3588 κακία G2549 σου G4675 διὰ G1223 παντός; G3956
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament