Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Woe to the bloody
city !
it
is
all
full of lies and
robbery;
the
prey departeth
not;
Woe to the city of
blood,
full of lies ,
full
of
plunder,
never
without
prey .
The noise
of a
whip, and
the noise
of
the
rattling
of
the
wheels,
and
of the pransing
horses
, and of
the
jumping
chariots.
The crack
of the
whip, the rumble
of the wheel
, galloping
horse
and bounding
chariot!
The
horseman lifteth
up
both
the
bright
sword and
the
glittering
spear :
and
there
is
a
multitude
of slain, and
a
great
number
of
carcases;
and
there
is
none
end
of their
corpses ;
they stumble upon
their corpses:
Charging
horseman ,
flashing
sword ,
shining
spear ;
heaps
of slain, mounds
of corpses ,
dead
bodies
without
end—
they stumble over
their dead—
Because of the multitude
of
the
whoredoms
of the wellfavoured
harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts
, that
selleth
nations through
her whoredoms,
and families
through
her witchcrafts
.
because of the many
harlotries
of the harlot, the seductive
mistress of sorcery
, who
betrays
nations by
her prostitution
and clans
by
her witchcraft
.
Behold, I am against thee
, saith
the LORD of hosts ;
and
I will discover
thy
skirts upon
thy
face ,
and
I will shew
the nations thy
nakedness,
and the kingdoms thy
shame
.
“
Behold, I am against you
, ”
declares
the LORD of Hosts .
“
I will lift
your
skirts over
your
face .
I will show
your
nakedness
to
the nations and your
shame
to
the kingdoms.
And
I will cast
abominable
filth upon
thee,
and make
thee
vile,
and
will set
thee
as
a gazingstock
.
I will pelt
you
with
filth and treat
you
with
contempt;
I
will make
a spectacle
of
you
.
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
?
Then
all who
see
you
will
recoil
from you
and say, ‘
Nineveh is devastated;
who will grieve
for
her? ’
Where
can
I find
comforters for you
? ”
Art
thou
better than populous
No,
that
was
situate
among
the
rivers
, that
had
the waters
round
about
it
, whose rampart was the sea, and
her
wall was from
the sea
?
Are
you
better than Thebes
, stationed
by
the Nile
with
water
around
her
, whose rampart was the sea, whose
wall was the water
?
Ethiopia
and Egypt were her strength ,
and
it
was
infinite
; Put and Lubim
were thy
helpers
.
Cush
and Egypt were her boundless
strength; Put and Libya
were her
allies
.
Yet was
she carried
away,
she went into captivity :
her young
children
also
were dashed in
pieces at the top
of all
the
streets:
and
they cast lots for her honourable
men
, and all her great
men
were bound in chains.
Yet she became
an
exile;
she went into captivity .
Her infants
were dashed to
pieces at the head
of every
street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries
, and all her nobles
were bound in chains.
Thou
also
shalt
be
drunken:
thou
shalt
be
hid,
thou
also
shalt
seek strength
because
of
the enemy.
You
too
will
become
drunk;
you
will
go
into
hiding
and
seek refuge
from
the enemy.
All thy
strong
holds
shall
be
like
fig trees with the firstripe
figs :
if
they
be
shaken, they shall
even
fall into the mouth of the eater .
All your
fortresses
are
fig trees with the first
ripe
figs ;
when
shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater !
Behold,
thy
people
in
the
midst
of
thee
are women :
the gates of thy
land shall
be
set
wide open unto
thine
enemies :
the
fire shall
devour
thy
bars.
Look
at
your
troops—
they
are like
your
women !
The gates of your
land are
wide open to
your
enemies ;
fire consumes
their
bars.
Draw thee
waters
for the siege ,
fortify
thy
strong
holds:
go
into
clay ,
and tread the morter,
make
strong
the brickkiln.
Draw your
water
for the siege ;
strengthen
your
fortresses.
Work
the
clay and tread the mortar;
repair
the brick
kiln!
There shall
the fire devour thee
; the sword shall
cut thee
off,
it
shall
eat
thee
up
like the
cankerworm:
make thyself
many as
the cankerworm,
make thyself
many as
the locusts.
There the fire will
devour you
; the sword will
cut you
down
and
consume
you
like a
young
locust.
Make yourself
many like
the young
locust;
make yourself
many like
the swarming
locust!
Thou
hast
multiplied thy
merchants above
the stars of heaven:
the cankerworm
spoileth,
and fleeth
away.
You
have
multiplied your
merchants more
than
the stars of the sky.
The
young
locust
strips
the
land
and flies
away.
Thy
crowned
are as
the locusts
, and thy
captains
as
the
great
grasshoppers,
which
camp
in
the
hedges
in
the cold day ,
but
when the sun ariseth
they flee
away, and their
place
is
not
known
where they
are
.
Your
guards
are like
the swarming
locust
, and your
scribes
like
clouds
of
locusts
that
settle
on
the walls
on
a
cold day .
When the sun rises,
they fly
away, and no
one
knows
where.
Thy
shepherds
slumber,
O king of Assyria :
thy
nobles
shall
dwell
in
the
dust:
thy
people is
scattered upon
the mountains ,
and
no man
gathereth
them.
O king of Assyria ,
your
shepherds
slumber;
your
officers
sleep.
Your
people are
scattered on
the mountains with
no one
to
gather
them.
There is no healing of
thy
bruise
; thy
wound is grievous:
all that
hear the bruit
of thee
shall
clap
the
hands
over
thee:
for upon
whom
hath
not thy
wickedness
passed
continually
?
There is no healing for
your
injury
; your
wound is severe.
All who
hear the news
of you
applaud
your
downfall,
for who
has
not experienced
your
constant
cruelty
?
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