Nahum:3
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Woe to the bloody city !
it is all full of lies and robbery ;
the prey departeth not ;
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The noise of a whip ,
and the noise of the rattling of the wheels ,
and of the pransing horses ,
and of the jumping chariots .
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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 (
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upon their corpses :
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Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured towb #
harlot ,
the mistress of witchcrafts ,
that selleth nations through her whoredoms ,
and families through her witchcrafts .
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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 ma #
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and the kingdoms thy shame .
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And I will cast abominable filth upon thee ,
and make thee vile ,
and will set thee as a gazingstock ro #
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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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Art thou better than populous #
No ,
that was situate among the rivers y @#
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that had the waters round about it ,
whose rampart was the sea ,
and her wall was from the sea ?
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Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength ,
and it was infinite #
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Put and Lubim were thy helpers .
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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 .
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Thou also shalt be drunken :
thou shalt be hid ,
thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy .
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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 .
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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 .
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Draw thee waters for the siege ,
fortify thy strong holds :
go into clay ,
and tread the morter ,
make strong the brickkiln .
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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 .
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Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven :
the cankerworm spoileth ,
and flieth away .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?