1Woe to the bloody city!
2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,
3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear:
4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot,
5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts;
6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,
7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say,
8Art thou better than populous No,
9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite;
10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity:
11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid,
12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs:
13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women:
14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds:
15There shall the fire devour thee;
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:
17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers,
18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust:
19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: