1. Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit,full of plunder: prey cannot get away.
2. Cracking whip and rumbling wheel,galloping horse and careening chariot!
3. Charging cavalry, flashing sword, and glittering spear;countless slain, masses of corpses,endless dead bodies—they stumble over their dead bodies!
4. Because of the many whorings of the whore,the lovely graces of the mistress of sorceries,the one who sells nations by means of her whoringsand peoples by means of her sorceries:
5. Look! I am against you, proclaimsthe Lord of heavenly forces.I will lift your skirts over your face;I will show nations your nakednessand kingdoms your dishonor.
6. I will throw disgusting things at you;I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
7. Then all who look at you will recoil from you and say,"Nineveh has been devastated!Who will lament for her?"Where could I possibly seek comforters for you?
8. Are you better than Thebes,situated by the Nile, waters surrounding her,whose fortress is sea and whose city wall is waters?
9. Cush and Egypt constituted her strength, without limit;Put and the Libyans were her help.
10. Yet even she was destined for exile;she went into captivity.Indeed, her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street.They cast lots for her officials;all of her powerful citizens were bound in chains.