1 How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence!
2 The sound of the whip!
3 Horses charge!
4 because of Nineveh’s constant prostitution,
5 “I am against you, Nineveh,” declares the Lord of Armies.
6 I will throw filth on you.
7 Everyone who sees you will run from you, saying,
8 Are you better than No-amon, which sits by the streams of the Nile
9 Sudan and Egypt were her endless strength.
10 Even she went into captivity and was exiled.
11 Even you, Nineveh, will stagger like a drunk.
12 All your defenses will be like fig trees with the earliest figs.
13 Look at your soldiers; they’re women!
14 Store water for the siege!
15 Fire will consume you there.
16 You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky.
17 Your officers are like locusts,
18 Your shepherds, king of Assyria, have fallen into a deep sleep.
19 There is no relief for your collapse.