1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey. 2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3 the horseman charging, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies 4 because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft. 5 "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. 6 I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle. 7 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?"

8 Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea? 9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. 12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs. If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

14 Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. 15 There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust. 16 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away. 17 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

18 Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. 19 There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you, for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

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？