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3:1  Doom to the crime capital! Nineveh, city of murder and treachery,
3:2  here is your fate— cracking whips, churning wheels; galloping horses, roaring chariots;
3:3  cavalry attacking, swords and spears flashing; soldiers stumbling over piles of dead bodies.
3:4  You were nothing more than a prostitute using your magical charms and witchcraft to attract and trap nations.
3:5  But I, the Lord All-Powerful, am now your enemy. I will pull up your skirt and let nations and kingdoms stare at your nakedness.
3:6  I will cover you with garbage, treat you like trash, and rub you in the dirt.
3:7  Everyone who sees you will turn away and shout, “Nineveh is done for! Is anyone willing to mourn or to give her comfort?”
3:8  Nineveh, do you feel safer than the city of Thebes? The Nile River was its wall of defense.
3:9  Thebes trusted the mighty power of Ethiopia and Egypt; the nations of Put and Libya were her allies.
3:10  But she was captured and taken to a foreign country. Her children were murdered at every street corner. The members of her royal family were auctioned off, and her high officials were bound in chains.
3:11  Nineveh, now it's your turn! You will get drunk and try to hide from your enemy.
3:12  Your fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and fruit will fall into every open mouth.
3:13  Your army is weak. Fire has destroyed the crossbars on your city gates; now they stand wide open to your enemy.
3:14  Your city is under attack. Haul in extra water! Strengthen your defenses! Start making bricks! Stir the mortar!
3:15  You will still go up in flames and be cut down by swords that will wipe you out like a field attacked by grasshoppers. So, go ahead and increase like a swarm of locusts!
3:16  More merchants are in your city than there are stars in the sky— but they are like locusts that eat everything, then fly away.
3:17  Your guards and your officials are swarms of locusts. On a chilly day they settle on a fence, but when the sun comes out, they take off to who-knows-where.
3:18  King of Assyria, your officials and leaders are sound asleep, while your people are scattered in the mountains. Yes, your people are sheep without a shepherd.