The Woe of Nineveh
1 Woe to the Ezek. 22:2, 3; 24:6–9; Hab. 2:12bloody city!
It is all full of lies and robbery.
Its victim never departs.
2 The noise of a whip
And the noise of rattling wheels,
Of galloping horses,
Of clattering chariots!
3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
Thereis a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—
4 Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot,
Is. 47:9–12; Rev. 18:2, 3The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.
5 "Behold, I amJer. 50:31; Ezek. 26:3; Nah. 2:13against you," says the Lord of hosts;
Is. 47:2, 3; Jer. 13:26"I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will cast abominable filth upon you,
Make you Nah. 1:14vile,
And make you Heb. 10:33a spectacle.
7 It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
Rev. 18:10Will flee from you, and say,
Jon. 3:3; 4:11‘Nineveh is laid waste!
Is. 51:19; Jer. 15:5Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?"
8 Amos 6:2Are you better than Jer. 46:25; Ezek. 30:14–16No Amon
Thatwas situated by the River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And itwas boundless;
Gen. 10:6; Jer. 46:9; Ezek. 27:10Put and Lubim were your helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
Ps. 137:9; Is. 13:16; Hos. 13:16Her young children also were dashed to pieces
Lam. 2:19At the head of every street;
They Joel 3:3; Obad. 11cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be Is. 49:26; Jer. 25:27; Nah. 1:10drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your strongholds areRev. 6:12, 13fig trees with ripened figs:
If they are shaken,
They fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Surely, Is. 19:16; Jer. 50:37; 51:30your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the Ps. 147:13; Jer. 51:30bars of your gates.
14 Draw your water for the siege!
Nah. 2:1Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you,
The sword will cut you off;
It will eat you up like a Joel 1:4locust.
Make yourself many—like the locust!
Make yourself many— like the swarming locusts!
16 You have multiplied your Rev. 18:3, 11–19merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
17 Rev. 9:7Your commanders are like swarming locusts,
And your generals like great grasshoppers,
Which camp in the hedges on a cold day;
When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.
18 Ex. 15:16; Ps. 76:5, 6; Is. 56:10; Jer. 51:57Your shepherds slumber, O Jer. 50:18; Ezek. 31:3king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest inthedust.
Your people are 1 Kin. 22:17; Is. 13:14scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing,
Jer. 46:11; Mic. 1:9Your wound is severe.
Job 27:23; Lam. 2:15; Zeph. 2:15All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
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