Nahum:3

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* Woe to the city of blood ! She is all full of deceit and robbery ; She ceaseth not from plunder . * The noise of the whip ! The noise of the rattling of the wheels , And of the prancing horses , And of the bounding chariots ! * The horseman lifteth up the flame of the sword , And the lightning of the spear ; There is a multitude of the slain ; heaps of dead bodies ; There is no end to the carcasses ; they stumble over the carcasses . * It is because of the many whoredoms of the harlot , The graceful beauty , the mistress of enchantments , That sold nations by her whoredoms , And kingdoms by her enchantments . * Behold , I am against thee , saith Jehovah of host , And I will lift up thy trail over thy face , And I will show the nations thy nakedness , And the kingdoms thy shame . * And I will cast abominable filth upon thee , And I will dishonor thee , and make thee a gazing –stock , * And all that see thee shall flee from thee , And shall say , "Nineveh is laid waste ; Who will bemoan her ? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee ?" * Art thou better than No –Ammon , That dwelt by the rivers , That had the waters round about her , Whose fortress was the sea , And whose wall was from the waters ? * Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength , a countless multitude ; Phut and Lybia were thy helpers ! * Yet was she carried away ; she went into captivity ; Her children were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets ; For her honorable men they cast lots , And all her great men were bound in chains . * Thou also shalt drink to the full ; Thou , too , shalt be hidden ; Thou shalt seek a refuge from the enemy ! * All thy strong –holds shall be like fig –trees with the first ripe figs ; If they be shaken , they fall into the mouth of the eater . * Behold , thy people shall be women in the midst of thee ; The gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thine enemies ; The fire shall devour thy bars . * Draw thee water for the siege , Fortify thy strongholds . Go into the clay , and tread the mortar ; Repair the brick –kiln ! * Then shall the fire devour thee ; The sword shall cut thee off , It shall devour thee like the locust ; Though thou art increased like the locusts , Though thou art increased like the thick locusts . * Thy merchants have been more numerous than the stars of heaven ; The locusts spread themselves and fly away . * Thy princes are like locusts , And thy captains like swarms of locusts , Which encamp in the hedges in the time of cold ; But when the sun ariseth , they flee away , And the place is not known where they are . * Thy shepherds slumber , O king of Assyria ! Thy nobles take their rest , Thy people are scattered on the mountains , and none gathereth them . * Thy bruise is incurable ; Thy wound is mortal . All that hear of thee shall clap their hands over thee ; For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually ?

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