| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; | 1Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey! |
| 2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. | 2The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! |
| 3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: | 3Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies! |
| 4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. | 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 thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. | 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. |
| 6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. | 6I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle. |
| 7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? | 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? |
| 8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? | 8Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall? |
| 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. | 9Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers. |
| 10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. | 10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains. |
| 11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. | 11You also will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy. |
| 12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. | 12All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater. |
| 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. | 13Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars. |
| 14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. | 14Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold! |
| 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. | 15There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper! |
| 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. | 16You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away. |
| 17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. | 17Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold— when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are. |
| 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. | 18Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them. |
| 19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? | 19There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil? |
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