The miserable ruin of Nineveh.
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  3:1 ¶
O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled. |
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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 whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot, |
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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
and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in 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 abundance of fornication: [she is] a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries. |
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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 the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover thy skirts in thy presence, and I will shew the nations thy shame, and the kingdoms thy disgrace. |
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3:5
Behold,°
I [am] against°
thee, saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth;°
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 according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example. |
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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 be [that] every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineveh{gr.Nineve}! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her? |
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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
Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water. |
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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
And Ethiopia is her strength, and Mizraim{gr.Egypt}; and there was no limit of the flight [of her enemies]; and the Libyans became her 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 she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious [possessions], and all her nobles shall be 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
And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of [thine] enemies. |
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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 strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall 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 within thee are as women: the gates of thy land shall surely be opened to thine enemies: the fire shall devour 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 a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make [the fortifications] stronger than brick. |
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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 the fire shall devour thee; the sword shall utterly destroy thee, it shall devour thee as the locust, and thou shalt be pressed down as a palmerworm. |
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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 merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked [it], and has flown 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 mixed [multitude] has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them! |
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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 have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive [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 healing for thy bruise; thy wound has rankled: all that hear the report of thee shall clap their hands against thee; for upon whom has 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?° |
