1A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
2The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,
3Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:
4Because of all the false ways of the loose woman, expert in attraction and wise in secret arts, who takes nations in the net of her false ways, and families through her secret arts.
5See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your skirts pulled over your face, and let the nations see you unclothed, and the kingdoms your shame.
6I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.
7And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?
