Woeto the bloodycity! it is allfullof lies and robbery; the preydepartethnot; The noiseof a whip, and the noiseof the rattlingof the wheels, and of the prancinghorses, and of the jumpingchariots. The horsemanlifteth upboth the brightswordand the glitteringspear: and there is a multitudeof slain, and a great numberof carcasses; and there is noneendof their corpses; they stumbleupon their corpses: Because of the multitudeof the whoredomsof the well favoredharlot, the mistressof witchcrafts, that sellethnationsthrough her whoredoms, and familiesthrough her witchcrafts. Behold, I am againstthee, saiththe LORDof hosts; and I will discoverthy skirtsuponthy face, and I will showthe nationsthy nakedness, and the kingdomsthy shame. And I will castabominable filthuponthee, and make thee vile, and will setthee as a gazingstock. And it shall come to pass, that allthey that look uponthee shall fleefromthee, and say, Ninevehis laid waste: whowill bemoanher? whenceshall I seekcomfortersfor thee? Art thou betterthan populousNo, that was situateamong the rivers, that had the watersround aboutit, whoserampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? Ethiopiaand Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Putand Lubimwerethy helpers. Yet was shecarried away, she wentinto captivity: her young childrenalsowere dashed in piecesat the topof allthe streets: and they castlotsforher honorable men, and allher great menwere boundin chains. Thoualsoshalt be drunken: thou shalt behid, thoualsoshalt seekstrengthbecause of the enemy. Allthy strongholds shall be like fig treeswiththe firstripe figs: ifthey be shaken, they shall even fallintothe mouthof the eater. Behold, thy peoplein the midstof thee are women: the gatesof thy landshall be set wide openunto thine enemies: the fireshall devourthy bars. Drawthee watersfor the siege, fortifythy strongholds: gointo clay, and treadthe mortar, make strongthe brickkiln. Thereshall the firedevourthee; the swordshall cut thee off, it shall eat thee uplike the cankerworm: make thyself manyas the cankerworm, make thyself manyas the locusts. Thou hast multipliedthy merchantsabove the starsof heaven: the cankerwormspoileth, and flieth away. Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captainsas the great grasshoppers, which campin the hedgesin the coldday, but when the sunariseththey flee away, and their placeis not knownwherethey are . Thy shepherdsslumber, O kingof Assyria: thy noblesshall dwell in the dust : thy peopleis scattereduponthe mountains, and no mangathereth them . There is nohealingof thy bruise; thy woundis grievous: allthat hearthe bruitof thee shall clapthe handsoverthee: foruponwhomhath notthy wickednesspassedcontinually?