4 because of the countless harlotries of the seductive harlot,the mistress of sorceries,who sells nations through her harlotriesand families through her sorceries.
5 I am against you, says the Lord of Hosts;I will lift your skirts over your face,and I will show the nations your nakedness,and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will throw filth on you,and make you vile,and make you a spectacle.
7 All who look at you will flee from you, and say,“Nineveh is devastated! Who will lament for her?”Where shall I seek comforters for you?
8 Are you better than Thebesthat sat by the Nile,with water around her,whose rampart was the sea,and whose wall was the water?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was without limit;Put and Libya were her helpers.
10 Yet she went into exile,she went into captivity;her young children were dashed to piecesat the head of every street;they cast lots for her honorable men,and all her great men were bound in chains.