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1. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
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1. Woe H1945 to the bloody H1818 city H5892 ! it is all H3605 full H4392 of lies H3585 and robbery H6563 ; the prey H2964 departeth H4185 not H3808 ;
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2. The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
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2. The noise H6963 of a whip H7752 , and the noise H6963 of the rattling H7494 of the wheels H212 , and of the prancing H1725 horses H5483 , and of the jumping H7540 chariots H4818 .
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3. the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;-
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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 number H3514 of carcasses H6297 ; and there is none H369 end H7097 of their corpses H1472 ; they stumble H3782 upon their corpses H1472 :
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4. because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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4. Because of the multitude H4480 H7230 of the whoredoms H2183 of the well favored 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 .
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5. Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
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5. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 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 show H7200 the nations H1471 thy nakedness H4626 , and the kingdoms H4467 thy shame H7036 .
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6. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
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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 .
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7. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
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7. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that all H3605 they that look upon H7200 thee shall flee H5074 from H4480 thee , and say H559 , Nineveh H5210 is laid waste H7703 : who H4310 will bemoan H5110 her? whence H4480 H370 shall I seek H1245 comforters H5162 for thee?
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8. Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
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8. Art thou better H3190 than populous H528 No H4480 H4996 , that was situate H3427 among the rivers H2975 , that had the waters H4325 round about H5439 it, whose H834 rampart H2426 was the sea H3220 , and her wall H2346 was from the sea H4480 H3220 ?
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9. Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
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9. Ethiopia H3568 and Egypt H4714 were her strength H6109 , and it was infinite H369 H7097 ; Put H6316 and Lubim H3864 were H1961 thy helpers H5833 .
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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.
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10. Yet H1571 was she H1931 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 H3605 the streets H2351 : and they cast H3032 lots H1486 for H5921 her honorable men H3513 , and all H3605 her great men H1419 were bound H7576 in chains H2131 .
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11. Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
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11. Thou H859 also H1571 shalt be drunken H7937 : thou shalt be H1961 hid H5956 , thou H859 also H1571 shalt seek H1245 strength H4581 because of the enemy H4480 H341 .
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12. All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
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12. All H3605 thy strongholds H4013 shall be like fig trees H8384 with H5973 the firstripe figs H1061 : if H518 they be shaken H5128 , they shall even fall H5307 into H5921 the mouth H6310 of the eater H398 .
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13. Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
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13. Behold H2009 , thy people H5971 in the midst H7130 of thee are women H802 : the gates H8179 of thy land H776 shall be set wide open H6605 H6605 unto thine enemies H341 : the fire H784 shall devour H398 thy bars H1280 .
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14. Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
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14. Draw H7579 thee waters H4325 for the siege H4692 , fortify H2388 thy strongholds H4013 : go H935 into clay H2916 , and tread H7429 the mortar H2563 , make strong H2388 the brickkiln H4404 .
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15. There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.
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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 .
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16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
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16. Thou hast multiplied H7235 thy merchants H7402 above the stars H4480 H3556 of heaven H8064 : the cankerworm H3218 spoileth H6584 , and flieth away H5774 .
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17. Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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17. Thy crowned H4502 are as the locusts H697 , and thy captains H2951 as the great grasshoppers H1462 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 H3808 where H335 they are .
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18. Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.
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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 H369 gathereth H6908 them .
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19. There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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19. There is no H369 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 H3588 upon H5921 whom H4310 hath not H3808 thy wickedness H7451 passed H5674 continually H8548 ?
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