5
Behold, I am against thee,
saith the
LORD of
hosts; and I will
discover thy
skirts upon thy
face, and I will
shew the
nations thy
nakedness, and the
kingdoms thy
shame.
yityeLig.w tw{a'b.c h'wh.y ~Ua.n .$Iy;lea yin.nih ? .$er.[;m ~Iyw{g yityea.r;h.w .$Iy'n'P -l;[ .$Iy;l.Wv ? .$enw{l.q tw{k'l.m;m.W
6
And I will
cast abominable
filth upon thee, and make thee
vile, and will
set thee as a
gazingstock.
.$yiT.m;f.w .$yiT.l;Bin.w ~yicUQiv .$Iy;l'[ yiT.k;l.vih.w ? yia{r.K
7
And it shall come to pass, that all they that
look upon thee shall
flee from thee, and
say,
Nineveh is laid
waste: who will
bemoan her?
whence shall I
seek comforters for thee?
h'd.D'v r;m'a.w .$eMim dw{DIy .$Iy;a{r -l'k h'y'h.w ? ~yim]x;n.m veQ;b]a !Iy;aem H'l d.Wn'y yim hew.nyin ? .$'l
8
Art thou
better than
populous* No, that was
situate among the
rivers, that had the
waters round
about it, whose
rampart was the
sea, and her
wall was from the
sea?
~Iy;m ~yir{a.y;B h'b.v{Y;h !w{m'a a{Nim yib.jyet]h ? H't'mw{x ~'Yim ~'y lyex -r,v]a H'l byib's
9
Ethiopia and
Egypt were her
strength, and it was
infinite*;
Put and
Lubim were thy
helpers.
~yib.Wl.w j.WP h,ceq !yea.w ~Iy;r.cim.W h'm.c'[ v.WK ? .$et'r.z,[.B .Wy'h
10
Yet was she carried
away, she
went into
captivity: her young
children also were dashed in
pieces at the
top of all the
streets: and they
cast lots for her honourable
men, and all her great
men were
bound in
chains.
'hy,l'l{[ ~;G yib,V;b h'k.l'h h'l{G;l ayih -m;G ? 'hy,D;B.kin -l;[.w tw{c.Wx -l'K va{r.B .Wv.JUr.y ? ~yiQiZ;b .Wq.TUr 'hy,lw{d.G -l'k.w l'rw{g .WD;y
11
Thou also shalt be
drunken: thou shalt be
hid, thou also shalt
seek strength because of the
enemy.
yiv.q;b.T .T;a -m;G h'm'l][;n yih.T yir.K.viT .T;a -m;G ? beyw{aem zw{['m
12
All thy strong
holds shall be like fig
trees with the firstripe
figs: if they be
shaken, they shall even
fall into the
mouth of the
eater.
.W[w{NIy -mia ~yir.WKiB -mi[ ~yinea.T .$Iy;r'c.bim -l'K ? lekw{a yiP -l;[ .Wl.p'n.w
13
Behold, thy
people in the
midst of thee are
women: the
gates of thy
land shall be set
wide open unto thine
enemies: the
fire shall
devour thy
bars.
;xw{t'P .$Iy;b.y{a.l .$eB.riq.B ~yiv'n .$eM;[ heNih ? $Iy'xyir.B vea h'l.k'a .$ec.r;a yer][;v .Wx.T.pin
14
Draw thee
waters for the
siege, fortify thy strong
holds: go into
clay, and
tread the
morter, make
strong the
brickkiln.
yia{B .$Iy'r'c.bim yiq.Z;x .$'l -yib]a;v rw{c'm yem ? !eB.l;m yiqyiz]x;h r,m{x;b yis.mir.w jyiJ;b
15
There shall the
fire devour thee; the
sword shall cut thee
off, it shall eat thee
up like the
cankerworm: make thyself
many as the
cankerworm, make thyself
many as the
locusts.
q,l'Y;K .$el.ka{T b,r,x .$etyir.k;T vea .$el.ka{T ~'v ? h,B.r;a'K yid.B;K.tih q,l,Y;K deB;K.tih
16
Thou hast
multiplied thy
merchants above the
stars of
heaven: the
cankerworm spoileth, and flieth
away.
j;v'P q,l,y ~Iy'm'V;h yeb.kw{Kim .$Iy;l.k{r tyeB.rih ? @{['Y;w
17
Thy
crowned are as the
locusts, and thy
captains as the great
grasshoppers, which
camp in the
hedges in the
cold day, but when the
sun ariseth they flee
away, and their
place is not
known where they are.
~yinw{x;h y'b{G bw{g.K .$Iy;r.s.p;j.w h,B.r;a'K .$Iy;r'z.Nim ? d;dw{n.w h'x.r'z v,m,v h'r'q ~w{y.B tw{red.G;B ? ~'Y;a w{mw{q.m [;dw{n -a{l.w