1 Oy , bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs.
2 crack of whip, rattling of wheels, horse galloping, chariot jolting,
3 horseman climbing up, blade of sword and flash of spear, Many slain, a mass of corpses —no end to the corpses— they stumble over their corpses!
4 Because of the many fornications of the elegant prostitute, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by her fornications, and clans through her sorceries—
5 Behold, I am against you —it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot— I will lift your skirts over your face, I will show nations your nakedness and kingdoms your disgrace.
6 Yes, I will fling filth on you. I will treat you with contempt and set you up as a spectacle.
7 So it will be that all who see you will recoil from you and say, “Nineveh has been ravaged! Who will lament for her?” Where will I find comforters for you?