2 Hear the sound of whips.Listen to the wheels.Hear horses gallopingand chariots bouncing along!
3 Soldiers on horses are charging.Their swords are shining.Their spears are gleaming!There are many bodies.Dead people are piled up.There are too many to count.People fall over the dead bodies.
4 The city was like a prostitute.She was charming and a lover of magic.She made nations slaves with her evil waysand her witchcraft.
5 “I am against you, Nineveh,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.“I will pull your dress up over your face.I will show the nations your nakedness.And I will show the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will throw dirt on you.I will make a fool of you.People will see you and make fun of you.
7 Everyone who sees you will run away and say,‘Nineveh is in ruins. Who will cry for her?’Nineveh, I cannot find anyone to comfort you.”
8 Nineveh, you are no better than Thebes.She sits by the Nile Riverwith water all around her.The river was her defense.The waters were like a wall around her.