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1. It will be very bad for that city of murderers. Nineveh is a city full of lies. It is filled with things taken from other countries. It is filled with plenty of people that it hunted and killed.
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1. Woe H1945 to the bloody H1818 city H5892 ! it is all H3605 full H4392 of lies H3585 and robbery H6563 ; the prey H2964 departeth H4185 not H3808 ;
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2. You can hear the sounds of whips and the noise of wheels. You can hear horses galloping and chariots bouncing along!
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2. The noise H6963 of a whip H7752 , and the noise H6963 of the rattling H7494 of the wheels H212 , and of the prancing H1725 horses H5483 , and of the jumping H7540 chariots H4818 .
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3. Soldiers on horses are attacking, their swords are shining, their spears are gleaming! There are many dead people. Dead bodies are piled up� too many bodies to count. People are tripping over the dead bodies.
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3. The horseman H6571 lifteth up H5927 both the bright H3851 sword H2719 and the glittering H1300 spear H2595 : and there is a multitude H7230 of slain H2491 , and a great number H3514 of carcasses H6297 ; and there is none H369 end H7097 of their corpses H1472 ; they stumble H3782 upon their corpses H1472 :
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4. All this happened because of Nineveh. Nineveh is like a prostitute who could never get enough. She wanted more and more. She sold herself to many nations, and she used her magic to make them her slaves.
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4. Because of the multitude H4480 H7230 of the whoredoms H2183 of the well favored H2896 H2580 harlot H2181 , the mistress H1172 of witchcrafts H3785 , that selleth H4376 nations H1471 through her whoredoms H2183 , and families H4940 through her witchcrafts H3785 .
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5. The Lord All-Powerful says, "I am against you Nineveh. I will pull your dress up over your face. I will let the nations see your naked body. The kingdoms will see your shame.
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5. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; and I will discover H1540 thy skirts H7757 upon H5921 thy face H6440 , and I will show H7200 the nations H1471 thy nakedness H4626 , and the kingdoms H4467 thy shame H7036 .
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6. I will throw dirty things on you and treat you in a hateful way. People will look at you and laugh.
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6. And I will cast H7993 abominable filth H8251 upon H5921 thee , and make thee vile H5034 , and will set H7760 thee as a gazingstock H7210 .
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7. Everyone who sees you will be shocked. They will say, 'Nineveh is destroyed. Who will cry for her?' I know I cannot find anyone to comfort you, Nineveh."
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7. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that all H3605 they that look upon H7200 thee shall flee H5074 from H4480 thee , and say H559 , Nineveh H5210 is laid waste H7703 : who H4310 will bemoan H5110 her? whence H4480 H370 shall I seek H1245 comforters H5162 for thee?
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8. Nineveh, are you better than Thebes on the Nile River? Thebes also had water all around her to protect herself from enemies. She used that water like a wall too.
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8. Art thou better H3190 than populous H528 No H4480 H4996 , that was situate H3427 among the rivers H2975 , that had the waters H4325 round about H5439 it, whose H834 rampart H2426 was the sea H3220 , and her wall H2346 was from the sea H4480 H3220 ?
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9. Ethiopia and Egypt made Thebes strong. Libya and the Sudan supported her,
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9. Ethiopia H3568 and Egypt H4714 were her strength H6109 , and it was infinite H369 H7097 ; Put H6316 and Lubim H3864 were H1961 thy helpers H5833 .
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10. but Thebes was defeated. Her people were taken away as prisoners to a foreign country. Soldiers beat her small children to death at every street corner. They threw lots to see who got to keep the important people as slaves. They put chains on all the important men of Thebes.
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10. Yet H1571 was she H1931 carried away H1473 , she went H1980 into captivity H7628 : her young children H5768 also H1571 were dashed in pieces H7376 at the top H7218 of all H3605 the streets H2351 : and they cast H3032 lots H1486 for H5921 her honorable men H3513 , and all H3605 her great men H1419 were bound H7576 in chains H2131 .
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11. So, Nineveh, you will also fall like a drunk. You will try to hide. You will look for a safe place away from the enemy.
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11. Thou H859 also H1571 shalt be drunken H7937 : thou shalt be H1961 hid H5956 , thou H859 also H1571 shalt seek H1245 strength H4581 because of the enemy H4480 H341 .
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12. But, Nineveh, all your strong places will be like fig trees. When new figs become ripe, people come and shake the tree. The figs fall into their mouths. They eat them, and the figs are gone.
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12. All H3605 thy strongholds H4013 shall be like fig trees H8384 with H5973 the firstripe figs H1061 : if H518 they be shaken H5128 , they shall even fall H5307 into H5921 the mouth H6310 of the eater H398 .
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13. Nineveh, your people are all like women�and the enemy soldiers are ready to take them. The gates of your land are open wide for your enemies to come in. Fire has destroyed the wooden bars across the gates.
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13. Behold H2009 , thy people H5971 in the midst H7130 of thee are women H802 : the gates H8179 of thy land H776 shall be set wide open H6605 H6605 unto thine enemies H341 : the fire H784 shall devour H398 thy bars H1280 .
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14. Get water and store it inside your city, because the enemy soldiers will surround your city. Make your defenses strong! Get clay to make more bricks and mix the mortar. Get the molds for making bricks.
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14. Draw H7579 thee waters H4325 for the siege H4692 , fortify H2388 thy strongholds H4013 : go H935 into clay H2916 , and tread H7429 the mortar H2563 , make strong H2388 the brickkiln H4404 .
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15. You can do all these things, but the fire will still destroy you completely. And the sword will kill you. Your land will look like a swarm of grasshoppers came and ate everything. Nineveh, you grew and grew. You became like a swarm of grasshoppers. You were like a swarm of locusts.
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15. There H8033 shall the fire H784 devour H398 thee ; the sword H2719 shall cut thee off H3772 , it shall eat thee up H398 like the cankerworm H3218 : make thyself many H3513 as the cankerworm H3218 , make thyself many H3513 as the locusts H697 .
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16. You have many traders who go places and buy things. They are as many as the stars in the sky. They are like locusts that come and eat until everything is gone and then leave.
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16. Thou hast multiplied H7235 thy merchants H7402 above the stars H4480 H3556 of heaven H8064 : the cankerworm H3218 spoileth H6584 , and flieth away H5774 .
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17. And your government officials are also like locusts that settle on a stone wall on a cold day. But when the sun comes up, the rocks become warm, and the locusts all fly away. And no one knows where.
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17. Thy crowned H4502 are as the locusts H697 , and thy captains H2951 as the great grasshoppers H1462 H1462 , which camp H2583 in the hedges H1448 in the cold H7135 day H3117 , but when the sun H8121 ariseth H2224 they flee away H5074 , and their place H4725 is not known H3045 H3808 where H335 they are .
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18. King of Assyria, your shepherds fell asleep. These powerful men are sleeping. And now your sheep have wandered away on the mountains. There is no one to bring them back.
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18. Thy shepherds H7462 slumber H5123 , O king H4428 of Assyria H804 : thy nobles H117 shall dwell H7931 in the dust : thy people H5971 is scattered H6335 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , and no man H369 gathereth H6908 them .
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19. Nineveh, you have been hurt badly, and nothing can heal your wound. Everyone who hears the news of your destruction claps their hands. They are all happy, because they all felt the pain you caused again and again.
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19. There is no H369 healing H3545 of thy bruise H7667 ; thy wound H4347 is grievous H2470 : all H3605 that hear H8085 the bruit H8088 of thee shall clap H8628 the hands H3709 over H5921 thee: for H3588 upon H5921 whom H4310 hath not H3808 thy wickedness H7451 passed H5674 continually H8548 ?
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