1 Woe to the city of blood,full of lies,full of plunder,never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,the clatter of wheels,galloping horsesand jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,flashing swordsand glittering spears!Many casualties,piles of dead,bodies without number,people stumbling over the corpses –
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,alluring, the mistress of sorceries,who enslaved nations by her prostitutionand peoples by her witchcraft.
5 ‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.‘I will lift your skirts over your face.I will show the nations your nakednessand the kingdoms your shame.