The miserable ruin of Nineveh.
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  3:1 ¶
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. |
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3:1 ¶
Woe°
to the bloody°
city!°
it [is] all°
full°
of lies°
[and] robbery;°
the prey°
departeth°°
not;° |
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3:2
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots, |
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3:2
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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3:3
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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3:3
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:° |
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3:4
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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3:4
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.° |
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3:5
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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3:5
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.° |
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3:6
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock. |
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3:6
And I will cast°°
abominable filth°
upon°
thee, and make thee vile,°°
and will set°°
thee as a gazingstock.° |
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3:7
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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3:7
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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3:8
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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3:8
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?°° |
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3:9
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. |
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3:9
Ethiopia°
and Egypt°
[were] her strength,°
and [it was] infinite;°°
Put°
and Lubim°
were°
thy helpers.° |
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3:10
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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3:10
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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3:11
Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy. |
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3:11
Thou°
also°
shalt be drunken:°°
thou shalt be°
hid,°°
thou°
also°
shalt seek°°
strength°
because of the enemy.°°° |
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3:12
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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3:12
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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3:13
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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3:13
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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3:14
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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3:14
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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3:15
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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3:15
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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3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. |
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3:16
Thou hast multiplied°°
thy merchants°°
above the stars°°
of heaven:°
the cankerworm°
spoileth,°°
and flieth away.°° |
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3:17
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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3:17
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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3:18
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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3:18
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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3:19
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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3:19
[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?° |
