1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies {and} violence; the prey departeth not.
2 The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
3 The horseman springing up, and the glitter of the sword, and the flash of the spear, and a multitude of slain, and a mass of carcases, and no end of corpses: they stumble over their corpses.
4 -Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
5 behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
7 And it shall come to pass, {that} all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, {that had} the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, {and} of the sea was her wall?
9 Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.
10 She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All thy strongholds are {like} fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are {as} women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.
14 Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
17 Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
19 There is no healing of thy breach; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
1 这流人血的城， 有祸了！ 全城欺诈， 充满劫掠； 抢夺的事总不止息。
2 鞭声飕飕， 轮声辚辚， 骏马奔驰， 战车颠簸跳动。
3 骑兵腾跃冲锋； 刀剑烁烁发亮， 枪矛闪闪生光； 被杀的人众多， 死尸成堆； 尸体无数， 众人都被尸体绊倒。
4 都因妓女多有淫行， 施邪术的美丽女巫， 借着她的淫行诱惑列国， 借着她的邪术欺骗万族。
5 万军之耶和华说： 看哪！ 我必攻击你； 我要把你的裙子掀到你的脸上， 使万国看见你赤身露体， 使列邦看见你的羞耻。
6 我要把污秽可憎之物拋在你身上， 侮辱你， 使你成为众人观看的对象。
7 看见你的都必逃避你， 说： "尼尼微荒凉了； 有谁为她悲哀呢？"我在哪里可以找到安慰你的人呢？
8 你比挪亚们还强吗？挪亚们位于尼罗河流域， 周围有水环绕； 海是她的屏障， 水作她的墙垣。
9 古实和埃及， 是她无穷的力量， 弗人和路比族， 是她的助手。
10 然而她却被迁徙， 被掳去了； 她的婴孩在各街头被摔死； 人们为她的尊贵人抽签。她所有的达官贵人都被锁链捆着。
11 至于你， 你必喝醉， 必被隐藏； 你必因仇敌的缘故， 寻找避难所。
12 你一切堡垒， 如同无花果树上初熟的果子， 若被摇撼， 就必落在想吃的人口中。
13 看哪！ 在你里面的人都是妇女， 你境内的门户， 都向仇敌敞开； 你的门闩被火烧毁。
14 你要打水， 以备围困， 巩固你的堡垒， 踹泥踏土， 紧握砖模。
15 在那里火要烧灭你， 刀剑要除灭你， 吞吃你， 好像吞吃蚱蜢一样， 你只管增多如蚱蜢， 加添像蝗虫，
16 你增加了你的商人， 多过天上的星辰。蚱蜢退了壳， 就飞去了。
17 你的领袖多如蝗虫， 你的军长像一群群的蚂蚱； 天凉的时候， 停留在篱笆上； 太阳一出， 就都飞走了； 没有人知道它们在什么地方。
18 亚述王啊！ 你的牧人睡觉， 你的贵族安歇， 你的子民分散在各山上， 没有人招聚他们。
19 你的创伤无法医治； 你受的打击非常严重。听见你这消息的， 都必向你鼓掌； 因为你不断行恶， 谁没有受过害呢？