¹Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit,

²Cracking whip and rumbling wheel,

³Charging cavalry, flashing sword, and glittering spear;

⁴Because of the many whorings of the whore,

⁵Look! I am against you, proclaims

the LORD of heavenly forces.

⁶I will throw disgusting things at you;

⁷Then all who look at you will recoil from you and say,

⁸Are you better than Thebes,

⁹Cush and Egypt constituted her strength, without limit;[#3.9 Traditionally Ethiopia]

¹⁰Yet even she was destined for exile;

Indeed, her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street.

¹¹Yes, even you will become drunk;

¹²All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit;

¹³Look, your people are women in your midst.

The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies.

¹⁴Draw water for yourself to prepare for siege!

¹⁵Fire will consume you there;

Multiply like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!

¹⁶You boasted more traders than the heavens have stars.

¹⁷Your guards are like grasshoppers,

¹⁸Your shepherds have fallen asleep, king of Assyria!

Your people are scattered across the mountains;

¹⁹There is no remedy for your injury;

All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you.