Nahum 3

Nahum 3:1	Woe to the bloody city! / She is all full of lies [and] pillage; / The prey does not depart.
Nahum 3:2	The sound of the whip, / And the sound of the rattling wheel; / And the horse galloping, / And the chariot jolting by,
Nahum 3:3	The horseman making [the horse] to rear up, / And the sword flashing, / And the spear glittering; / And a multitude of the slain, / And a mass of corpses, / And no end to the bodies-- / They stumble among their bodies.
Nahum 3:4	[This] because of the multitude of harlotries / Of the well-favored harlot, / The mistress of sorceries, / Who sells nations by her harlotries / And families by her sorceries.
Nahum 3:5	Indeed I am against you, declares Jehovah of hosts; / And I will throw open your skirts upon your face, / And I will show the nations your nakedness, / And the kingdoms your shame.
Nahum 3:6	And I will cast abominable filth upon you / And make you appear foolish and make you like a spectacle.
Nahum 3:7	And everyone who sees you / Will flee from you and say, / Nineveh is laid waste. / Who will lament for her? / Where will I seek / Some to comfort you?
Nahum 3:8	Are you better than No-amon, / Who sat beside the canals / With waters all around her, / Whose bulwark was the sea / [And] water was her wall?
Nahum 3:9	Cush was her strength, / As well as Egypt, and it was without end; / Put and the Libyans / Were among her helpers.
Nahum 3:10	She too was carried away; / She went into captivity; / Her little ones too were dashed to pieces / At the head of every street, / And for her nobles / They cast lots, / And all her great men / Were bound in chains.
Nahum 3:11	You too will be drunken; / You will be hidden. / You too will seek / A stronghold from the enemy.
Nahum 3:12	All your fortresses will be [like] fig trees / With first ripe figs: / If they are shaken, they will fall / Into the mouth of the eater.
Nahum 3:13	Indeed your people are [like] women / In the midst of you; / Unto your enemies the gates of your land / Are wide open; / Fire devours your bars.
Nahum 3:14	Draw for yourself water for the siege! / Strengthen your fortresses! / Go into the clay, / And tread in the mortar! / Make the brick kiln ready!
Nahum 3:15	There will the fire devour you; / The sword will cut you off; / It will devour you like the locust. / Enlarge yourself like the locust; / Enlarge yourself like the locust swarm.
Nahum 3:16	You have multiplied your merchants / Like the stars of heaven; / The locust strips [everything] and flies away.
Nahum 3:17	Your princes are like the locust swarm, / And your officials are like hordes of locusts, / Which camp in the hedges / On a cold day, / But when the sun arises, they flee away, / And the place where they are is unknown.
Nahum 3:18	Your shepherds slumber, / O king of Assyria; / Your nobles sleep. / Your people are scattered upon the mountains, / And there is no one to gather [them.]
Nahum 3:19	There is no alleviating of your injury; / Your wound is grievous. / All who hear the report of you / Clap their hands over you; / For upon whom has your wickedness / Not passed continually?