Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Wo
`
to '
the city of
blood,
She
is all with
lies
--
burglary
--
full ,
Prey doth
not depart.
Woe
to the bloody
city !
it
is all full of
lies
and
robbery;
the
prey departeth
not ;
The sound
of a whip, And the sound
of the rattling of a
wheel
, And of a
prancing
horse
, and of a
bounding
chariot,
Of
a
horseman
mounting
.
The noise
of a whip, and the noise
of the rattling of the
wheels
, and of the
pransing
horses
, and of the
jumping
chariots
.
And
the flame
of
a
sword ,
and the lightning
of
a
spear ,
And the
abundance
of the
wounded
, And the
weight
of carcases ,
Yea,
there is no
end to
the
bodies,
They stumble over
their bodies.
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:
Because of the abundance
of the fornications
of an
harlot, The goodness
of
the
grace
of
the
lady
of witchcrafts, Who
is
selling
nations by
her fornications
, And families by
her witchcrafts.
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.
Lo
, I `
am '
against thee, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
And have
removed
thy skirts before
thy face, And have
shewed
nations thy nakedness, And kingdoms thy shame ,
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 .
And I have
cast upon thee abominations
, And dishonoured
thee, and made
thee as a sight
.
And I will
cast abominable
filth
upon thee, and make
thee vile
, and will
set
thee as a gazingstock
.
And it hath
come to pass, Each
of
thy
beholders
fleeth
from thee, And hath
said:
`Spoiled
is
Nineveh
, Who doth
bemoan for
her? '
Whence do
I seek comforters for thee?
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?
Art thou better than No -Ammon
, That is
dwelling
among brooks?
Waters she
hath
round about her
, Whose bulwark
`is'
the sea, waters
her wall .
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?
Cush
her
might,
and Egypt, and there
is
no
end.
Put and Lubim have
been
for
thy help
.
Ethiopia
and Egypt were
her
strength
, and it
was
infinite;
Put and Lubim were
thy helpers
.
Even
she doth
become
an
exile
, She hath
gone
into captivity ,
Even
her sucklings
are
dashed to
pieces At the top of all out-places,
And for
her
honoured
ones
they cast a
lot
, And all her great ones
have
been
bound in fetters
.
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
.
Even
thou art
drunken ,
thou art
hidden
, Even
thou dost
seek a
strong
place,
because of an
enemy.
Thou also
shalt
be
drunken :
thou shalt
be
hid
, thou also
shalt
seek strength
because of the
enemy.
All thy fortresses
`are'
fig -
trees with first-fruits,
If they are
shaken, They have
fallen
into the mouth of the eater.
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.
Lo
, thy people `are'
women
in thy
midst ,
To
thine
enemies
thoroughly
opened
Have
been
the gates of thy land ,
Consumed
hath
fire thy bars.
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.
Waters
of
a
siege
draw for thyself
, Strengthen
thy fortresses,
Enter
into mire
, and tread on
clay
, Make strong a
brick-kiln
.
Draw thee
waters
for the
siege
, fortify
thy strong
holds:
go
into clay
, and tread the
morter
, make strong the
brickkiln
.
There consume
thee
doth
a
fire ,
Cut thee off doth
a
sword
, It doth
consume
thee as
a
cankerworm !
Make thyself heavy
as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy
as the locust
.
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
.
Multiply
thy merchants above the stars of the
heavens,
The cankerworm hath
stripped
off
, and doth
flee
away.
Thou
hast
multiplied
thy merchants above the stars of heaven:
the cankerworm spoileth
, and fleeth
away.
Thy crowned ones
`
are '
as a
locust
, And thy princes
as great grasshoppers, That
encamp
in hedges in a
day
of
cold, The sun hath
risen,
and
it
doth
flee away, And not known is
its
place
where they are.
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.
Slumbered
have
thy friends
, king of Asshur,
Rest
do
thine
honourable
ones,
Scattered
have
been
thy people on
the mountains, And there
is
none
gathering
.
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
.
There is no weakening
of thy destruction,
Grievous
`is'
thy smiting,
All hearing
thy
fame
have
clapped
the hand
at
thee ,
For
over whom did
not thy wickedness pass
continually?
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?
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