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 ¶
Woeº
to the bloodyº
city!º
it [is] allº
fullº
of liesº
[and] robbery;º
the preyº
departethºº
not;º |
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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 noiseº
of a whip,º
and the noiseº
of the rattlingº
of the wheels,º
and of the pransingºº
horses,º
and of the jumpingºº
chariots.º |
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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 horsemanº
lifteth upºº
both the brightº
swordº
and the glitteringº
spear:º
and [there is] a multitudeº
of slain,º
and a greatº
numberº
of carcases;º
and [there is] noneº
endº
of [their] corpses;º
they stumbleºººº
upon their corpses:º |
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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 multitudeºº
of the whoredomsº
of the wellfavouredºº
harlot,ºº
the mistressº
of witchcrafts,º
that sellethºº
nationsº
through her whoredoms,º
and familiesº
through her witchcrafts.º |
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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,º
I [am] againstº
thee, saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts;º
and I will discoverºº
thy skirtsº
uponº
thy face,º
and I will shewºº
the nationsº
thy nakedness,º
and the kingdomsº
thy shame.º |
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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 castºº
abominable filthº
uponº
thee, and make thee vile,ºº
and will setºº
thee as a gazingstock.º |
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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,º
[that] allº
they that lookºº
uponº
thee shall fleeºº
fromº
thee, and say,ºº
Ninevehº
is laid waste:ºº
whoº
will bemoanºº
her? whenceºº
shall I seekºº
comfortersºº
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 betterºº
than populousººº
No,ºº
that was situateºº
among the rivers,º
[that had] the watersº
round aboutº
it, whoseº
rampartº
[was] the sea,º
[and] her wallº
[was] from the sea?ºº |
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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
Ethiopiaº
and Egyptº
[were] her strength,º
and [it was] infinite;ºº
Putº
and Lubimº
wereº
thy helpers.º |
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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
Yetº
[was] sheº
carried away,º
she wentºº
into captivity:º
her young childrenº
alsoº
were dashed in piecesºº
at the topº
of allº
the streets:º
and they castºº
lotsº
forº
her honourable men,ºº
and allº
her great menº
were boundºº
in chains.º |
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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
Thouº
alsoº
shalt be drunken:ºº
thou shalt beº
hid,ºº
thouº
alsoº
shalt seekºº
strengthº
because of the enemy.ººº |
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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
Allº
thy strong holdsº
[shall be like] fig treesº
withº
the firstripe figs:º
ifº
they be shaken,ºº
they shall even fallºº
intoº
the mouthº
of the eater.ºº |
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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,º
thy peopleº
in the midstº
of thee [are] women:º
the gatesº
of thy landº
shall be set wideºº
openºº
unto thine enemies:ºº
the fireº
shall devourºº
thy bars.º |
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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
Drawºº
thee watersº
for the siege,º
fortifyºº
thy strong holds:º
goºº
into clay,º
and treadºº
the morter,º
make strongºº
the brickkiln.º |
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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
Thereº
shall the fireº
devourºº
thee; the swordº
shall cut thee off,ºº
it shall eat thee upºº
like the cankerworm:º
make thyself manyºº
as the cankerworm,º
make thyself manyºº
as the locusts.º |
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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 multipliedºº
thy merchantsºº
above the starsºº
of heaven:º
the cankerwormº
spoileth,ºº
and flieth away.ºº |
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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 crownedº
[are] as the locusts,º
and thy captainsº
as the great grasshoppers,º
which campºº
in the hedgesº
in the coldº
day,º
[but] when the sunº
arisethºº
they flee away,ºº
and their placeº
is not knownººº
whereº
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 shepherdsºº
slumber,ºº
O kingº
of Assyria:º
thy noblesº
shall dwellºº
[in the dust]: thy peopleº
is scatteredºº
uponº
the mountains,º
and no manº
gatherethºº
[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] noº
healingº
of thy bruise;º
thy woundº
is grievous:ºº
allº
that hearºº
the bruitº
of thee shall clapºº
the handsº
overº
thee: forº
uponº
whomº
hath notº
thy wickednessº
passedºº
continually?º |
