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.
6 I will pelt you with filth,I will treat you with contemptand make you a spectacle.
7 All who see you will flee from you and say,“Nineveh is in ruins – who will mourn for her?”Where can I find anyone to comfort you?’
8 Are you better than Thebes,situated on the Nile,with water around her?The river was her defence,the waters her wall.