Nahum 3:1-7

1Oy , bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs.

2crack of whip, rattling of wheels, horse galloping, chariot jolting,

3horseman climbing up, blade of sword and flash of spear, Many slain, a mass of corpses —no end to the corpses— they stumble over their corpses!

4Because of the many fornications of the elegant prostitute, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by her fornications, and clans through her sorceries—

5Behold, I am against you —it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot— I will lift your skirts over your face, I will show nations your nakedness and kingdoms your disgrace.

6Yes, I will fling filth on you. I will treat you with contempt and set you up as a spectacle.

7So it will be that all who see you will recoil from you and say, “Nineveh has been ravaged! Who will lament for her?” Where will I find comforters for you?