1Woe to the city of blood! She is all full of deceit and robbery; She ceaseth not from plunder.

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Habakkuk 2:12, Zephaniah 3:1, Zephaniah 3:3, Habakkuk 2:12, Zephaniah 3:1

2[Hark!] The noise of the whip! The noise of the rattling of the wheels, And of the prancing horses, And of the bounding chariots!

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Jeremiah 47:3, Jeremiah 47:3, Nahum 2:3, Nahum 2:4, Nahum 2:3

3The horseman lifteth up the flame of the sword, And the lightning of the spear; There is a multitude of the slain; heaps of dead bodies; There is no end to the carcasses; they stumble over the carcasses.

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Ezekiel 39:4, Habakkuk 3:11, Ezekiel 39:4, Habakkuk 3:11, Isaiah 34:3

4It is because of the many whoredoms of the harlot, The graceful beauty, the mistress of enchantments, That sold nations by her whoredoms, And kingdoms by her enchantments.

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Isaiah 47:9, Isaiah 47:9, Isaiah 47:12, Isaiah 47:13, Isaiah 47:12

5Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of host, And I will lift up thy trail over thy face, And I will show the nations thy nakedness, And the kingdoms thy shame.

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Jeremiah 13:26, Jeremiah 13:26, Ezekiel 23:29, Jeremiah 13:22, Nahum 2:13

6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, And I will dishonor thee, and make thee a gazing-stock,

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Malachi 2:9, Malachi 2:9, Job 9:31, Jeremiah 51:37, Job 9:31

7And all that see thee shall flee from thee, And shall say, "Nineveh is laid waste; Who will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?"

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Jeremiah 15:5, Isaiah 51:19, Jeremiah 15:5, Isaiah 51:19, Revelation 18:10

8Art thou better than No-Ammon, That dwelt by the rivers, That had the waters round about her, Whose fortress was the sea, And whose wall was from the waters?

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Amos 6:2, Amos 6:2, Ezekiel 30:14, Ezekiel 30:16, Ezekiel 30:14

9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, a countless multitude; Phut and Lybia were thy helpers!

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Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Genesis 10:6

10Yet was she carried away; she went into captivity; Her children were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; For her honorable men they cast lots, And all her great men were bound in chains.

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Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 20:4, Joel 3:3, Hosea 13:16, Obadiah 1:11

11Thou also shalt drink to the full; Thou, too, shalt be hidden; Thou shalt seek a refuge from the enemy!

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Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 2:10, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 2:10, Psalms 75:8

12All thy strong-holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs; If they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Revelation 6:13, Revelation 6:13, Isaiah 28:4, Habakkuk 1:10, Isaiah 28:4

13Behold, thy people shall be women in the midst of thee; The gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thine enemies; The fire shall devour thy bars.

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Jeremiah 51:30, Jeremiah 51:30, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:16, Jeremiah 50:37

14Draw thee water for the siege, Fortify thy strongholds. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar; Repair the brick-kiln!

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2 Chronicles 32:3, 2 Chronicles 32:4, Nahum 2:1, 2 Chronicles 32:3, 2 Chronicles 32:4

15Then shall the fire devour thee; The sword shall cut thee off, It shall devour thee like the locust; Though thou art increased like the locusts, Though thou art increased like the thick locusts.

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Joel 1:4, Joel 1:4, Nahum 3:13, Nahum 2:13, Nahum 3:13

16Thy merchants have been more numerous than the stars of heaven; The locusts spread themselves and fly away.

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Genesis 22:17, Genesis 15:5, Jeremiah 33:22, Nehemiah 9:23, Genesis 22:17

17Thy princes are like locusts, And thy captains like swarms of locusts, Which encamp in the hedges in the time of cold; But when the sun ariseth, they flee away, And the place is not known where they are.

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Revelation 9:7, Jeremiah 51:27, Revelation 9:7, Jeremiah 51:27

18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria! Thy nobles take their rest, Thy people are scattered on the mountains, and none gathereth them.

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1 Kings 22:17, 1 Kings 22:17, Psalms 76:5, Psalms 76:6, Psalms 76:5

19Thy bruise is incurable; Thy wound is mortal. All that hear of thee shall clap their hands over thee; For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

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Micah 1:9, Micah 1:9, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:15, Job 27:23