1. How terrible it will be for the city that has killed so many.It is full of liesand goods stolen from other countries.It is always killing somebody.
2. Hear the sound of whipsand the noise of the wheels.Hear horses gallopingand chariots bouncing along!
3. Horses are charging,swords are shining,spears are gleaming!Many are dead;their bodies are piled up—too many to count.People stumble over the dead bodies.
4. The city was like a prostitute;she was charming and a lover of magic.She made nations slaves with her prostitutionand her witchcraft.
5. “I am against you, Nineveh,” says the Lord All-Powerful.“I will pull your dress up over your faceand show the nations your nakednessand the kingdoms your shame.
6. I will throw filthy garbage on youand make a fool of you.I will make people stare at you.
7. Everyone who sees you will run away and say,‘Nineveh is in ruins. Who will cry for her?’Nineveh, where will I find anyone to comfort you?”
8. You are no better than Thebes,who sits by the Nile Riverwith water all around her.The river was her defense;the waters were like a wall around her.
9. Cush and Egypt gave her endless strength;Put and Libya supported her.
10. But Thebes was capturedand went into captivity.Her small children were beaten to deathat every street corner.Lots were thrown for her important men,and all of her leaders were put in chains.