The horsemanlifteth up both the brightsword and the glitteringspear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a greatnumber of carcases; and there is none end of theircorpses; theystumbleupontheircorpses:
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavouredharlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, thatsellethnationsthrough her whoredoms, and familiesthrough her witchcrafts.
Behold, I am againstthee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I willdiscover thy skirtsupon thy face, and I willshew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
And it shallcome to pass, that all theythatlookupontheeshallfleefromthee, and say, Nineveh is laidwaste: who willbemoan her? whenceshall I seekcomforters for thee?
Art thoubetterthanpopulous No, that was situateamong the rivers, that had the watersroundabout it, whoserampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Yet was she carriedaway, she wentintocaptivity: her youngchildrenalsoweredashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and theycastlots for her honourable men, and all her great men werebound in chains.
Thereshall the firedevourthee; the swordshall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: makethyselfmany as the cankerworm, makethyselfmany as the locusts.
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the greatgrasshoppers, whichcamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseththeyfleeaway, and theirplace is not knownwherethey are.
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all thathear the bruit of theeshallclap the handsoverthee: for uponwhomhath not thy wickednesspassedcontinually?