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The bloody city,</p> <p class="sl1">all lies,</p> <p class="sl">Full of plunder,</p> <p class="sl1">whose looting never stops!<a id="ren41003001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003002" class="ver">2</span>The crack of the whip,</p> <p class="sl1">the rumbling of wheels;</p> <p class="sl">Horses galloping,</p> <p class="sl1">chariots bounding,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003003" class="ver">3</span>Cavalry charging,</p> <p class="sl1">the flash of the sword,</p> <p class="sl1">the gleam of the spear;</p> <p class="sl">A multitude of slain,</p> <p class="sl1">a mass of corpses,</p> <p class="sl">Endless bodies</p> <p class="sl1">to stumble upon!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003004" class="ver">4</span>For the many debaucheries of the prostitute,</p> <p class="sl1">a charming mistress of witchcraft,</p> <p class="sl">Who enslaved nations with her prostitution,</p> <p class="sl1">and peoples by her witchcraft:<a id="ren41003004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn41003005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003005-1">*</a> I now come against you—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts—</p> <p class="sl1">and I will lift your skirt above your face;</p> <p class="sl">I will show your nakedness to the nations,</p> <p class="sl1">to the kingdoms your shame!<a id="ren41003005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003006" class="ver">6</span>I will cast filth upon you,</p> <p class="sl1">disgrace you and make you a spectacle;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003007" class="ver">7</span>Until everyone who sees you</p> <p class="sl1">runs from you saying,</p> <p class="sl">“Nineveh is destroyed;</p> <p class="sl1">who can pity her?</p> <p class="sl">Where can I find</p> <p class="sl1">any to console you?”</p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">Nineveh’s Inescapable Fate</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v41003008" class="ver">8</span>Are you better than No-amon<a id="rfn41003008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003008-1">*</a> <a id="ren41003008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">that was set among the Nile’s canals,</p> <p class="sl">Surrounded by waters,</p> <p class="sl1">with the river for her rampart</p> <p class="sl1">and water for her wall?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003009" class="ver">9</span>Ethiopia was her strength,</p> <p class="sl1">and Egypt without end;</p> <p class="sl">Put<a id="rfn41003009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003009-1">*</a> and the Libyans</p> <p class="sl1">were her allies.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003010" class="ver">10</span>Yet even she became an exile,</p> <p class="sl1">and went into captivity;</p> <p class="sl">Even her little ones were dashed to pieces</p> <p class="sl1">at the corner of every street;</p> <p class="sl">For her nobles they cast lots,</p> <p class="sl1">and all her great ones were put into chains.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003011" class="ver">11</span>You, too, will drink of this;</p> <p class="sl1">you will be overcome;<a id="ren41003011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003011-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl">You, too, will seek</p> <p class="sl1">a refuge from the foe.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003012" class="ver">12</span>But all your fortresses are fig trees,</p> <p class="sl1">bearing early figs;<a id="rfn41003012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003012-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">When shaken, they fall</p> <p class="sl1">into the devourer’s mouth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003013" class="ver">13</span>Indeed your troops</p> <p class="sl1">are women in your midst;</p> <p class="sl">To your foes are open wide</p> <p class="sl1">the gates of your land,</p> <p class="sl1">fire has consumed their bars.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v41003014" class="ver">14</span>Draw water for the siege,<a id="rfn41003014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">strengthen your fortresses;</p> <p class="sl">Go down into the mud</p> <p class="sl1">and tread the clay,</p> <p class="sl1">take hold of the brick mold!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003015" class="ver">15</span>There the fire will consume you,</p> <p class="sl1">the sword will cut you down;</p> <p class="sl1">it will consume you like the grasshoppers.</p> <p class="slf">Multiply like the grasshoppers,</p> <p class="sl1">multiply like the locusts!<a id="ren41003015-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41003015-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003016" class="ver">16</span>You have made your traders<a id="rfn41003016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41003016-1">*</a> more numerous</p> <p class="sl1">than the stars of the heavens;</p> <p class="sl1">like grasshoppers that shed their skins and fly away.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003017" class="ver">17</span>Your sentries are like locusts,</p> <p class="sl1">and your scribes like locust swarms</p> <p class="sl">Gathered on the rubble fences</p> <p class="sl1">on a cold day!</p> <p class="sl">Yet when the sun rises, they vanish,</p> <p class="sl1">and no one knows where they have gone.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v41003018" class="ver">18</span>Your shepherds slumber,</p> <p class="sl1">O king of Assyria,</p> <p class="sl1">your nobles have gone to rest;</p> <p class="sl">Your people are scattered upon the mountains,</p> <p class="sl1">with none to gather them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41003019" class="ver">19</span>There is no healing for your hurt,</p> <p class="sl1">your wound is fatal.</p> <p class="sl">All who hear this news of you</p> <p class="sl1">clap their hands over you;</p> <p class="sl">For who has not suffered</p> <p class="sl1">under your endless malice?</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a 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