Ναούμ 3

1Woe to the city full of blood! 2But now there is the noise of whips and the sound of rattling wheels, 3There are attacking horsemen, 4This is happening because of the lustful actions of the beautiful prostitute, the expert in witchcraft, 5“See, I am against you—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will raise up your skirt over your face 6I will throw disgusting filth on you and make you vile; I will make you someone that everyone will look at. 7It will come about that everyone who looks at you will flee from you and say, 8Nineveh, are you better than Thebes, that was built on the Nile River, that had water around her, 9Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no end to it; 10Yet Thebes was carried away; she went into captivity; 11You also will become drunk; you will try to hide, 12All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the earliest ripe figs: 13See, the people among you are women; 14Go draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; 15Fire will devour you there, and the sword will destroy you. It will devour you as young locusts devour everything. 16You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars in the heavens; but they are like young locusts: they plunder the land and then fly away. 17Your princes are as many as the full-grown locusts, and your generals are like swarms of them 18King of Assyria, your shepherds are asleep; your rulers are lying down resting. 19No healing is possible for your wounds. Your wounds are severe.