¹Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey!

²The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

³Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!

⁴And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.

⁵Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will make nations look at your nakedness and kingdoms at your shame.

⁶I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.

⁷And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?