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Nineveh’s Complete Ruin
Her prey never departs.
2 The AJob 39:22-25; Jer 47:3; Nah 2:3, 4noise of the whip,
The noise of the rattling of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And 1Lit skippingbounding chariots!
3 Horsemen charging,
Swords flashing, AHab 3:11spears gleaming,
BIs 34:3; 66:16Many slain, a mass of corpses,
And 1Lit there is no end toCIs 37:36; Ezek 39:4countless dead bodies—
They stumble over 2Lit theirthe dead bodies!
The charming one, the BIs 47:9, 12, 13mistress of sorceries,
Who CRev 18:3sells nations by her harlotries
And families by her sorceries.
5 “Behold, AJer 50:31; Ezek 26:3; Nah 2:13I am against you,” declares the Loʀᴅ of hosts;
“And I will 1Lit uncover yourBIs 47:2, 3; Jer 13:26lift up your skirts over your face,
And CEzek 16:37show to the nations your nakedness
And to the kingdoms your disgrace.
And BJob 30:8; Mal 2:9make you vile,
And set you up as a CIs 14:16; Jer 51:37spectacle.
7 “And it will come about that all who see you
Will 1Lit fleeshrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
AIs 51:19; Jer 15:5Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”
Which was situated by the BIs 19:6-8waters of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was 2I.e. the Nilethe sea,
Whose wall consisted of 2I.e. the Nilethe sea?
And Egypt too, without limits.
10 Yet she AIs 19:4; 20:4became an exile,
She went into captivity;
Also her BPs 137:9; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16small children were dashed to pieces
CLam 2:19At the head of every street;
They DJoel 3:3; Obad 11cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with fetters.
11 You too will become AIs 49:26; Jer 25:27; Nah 1:10drunk,
You will be BIs 2:10, 19; Hos 10:8hidden.
You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.
When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth.
13 Behold, your people are AIs 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30women in your midst!
The gates of your land are BIs 45:1, 2; Nah 2:6opened wide to your enemies;
Fire consumes your gate bars.
14 A2 Chr 32:3, 4Draw for yourself water for the siege!
BNah 2:1Strengthen your fortifications!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Take hold of the brick mold!
15 There AIs 66:15, 16; Nah 2:13; 3:13fire will consume you,
The sword will cut you down;
It will BJoel 1:4consume you as the locust does.
Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,
Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.
16 You have increased your AIs 23:8traders more than the stars of heaven—
The creeping locust 1I.e. strips vegetation; or moltsstrips and flies away.
Your BJer 51:27marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers
Settling in the stone walls on a cold day.
The sun rises and they flee,
And the place where they are is not known.
Your CNah 2:5nobles are lying down.
Your people are D1 Kin 22:17; Is 13:14scattered on the mountains
And there is no one to regather them.
19 There is AJer 46:11; Mic 1:9no relief for your breakdown,
Your BJer 30:12wound is incurable.
All who hear 1Lit your reportabout you
Will CJob 27:23; Lam 2:15clap their hands over you,
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?
A3:1 Ezek 24:6, 9
A3:2 Job 39:22-25; Jer 47:3; Nah 2:3, 4
13:2 Lit skipping
13:3 Lit there is no end to
23:3 Lit their
A3:4 Is 23:17; Ezek 16:25-29; Rev 17:1, 2
A3:5 Jer 50:31; Ezek 26:3; Nah 2:13
13:5 Lit uncover your
13:6 Lit detestable things
13:7 Lit flee
13:8 I.e. the city of Amon: Thebes
23:8 I.e. the Nile
23:8 I.e. the Nile
B3:9 Jer 46:9; Ezek 27:10; 30:5; 38:5
13:9 Lit your
B3:10 Ps 137:9; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16
A3:11 Is 49:26; Jer 25:27; Nah 1:10
13:12 Lit first fruits
A3:13 Is 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30
A3:14 2 Chr 32:3, 4
A3:15 Is 66:15, 16; Nah 2:13; 3:13
13:16 I.e. strips vegetation; or molts
13:17 Or officials
A3:18 Ps 76:5, 6; Is 56:10; Jer 51:57
13:19 Lit your report