2 Cracking whip and rumbling wheel,galloping horse and careening chariot!
3 Charging cavalry, flashing sword, and glittering spear;countless slain, masses of corpses,endless dead bodies—they stumble over their dead bodies!
4 Because of the many whorings of the whore,the lovely graces of the mistress of sorceries,the one who sells nations by means of her whoringsand peoples by means of her sorceries:
5 Look! I am against you, proclaimsthe Lord of heavenly forces.I will lift your skirts over your face;I will show nations your nakednessand kingdoms your dishonor.
6 I will throw disgusting things at you;I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
7 Then all who look at you will recoil from you and say,"Nineveh has been devastated!Who will lament for her?"Where could I possibly seek comforters for you?
8 Are you better than Thebes,situated by the Nile, waters surrounding her,whose fortress is sea and whose city wall is waters?