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New International Version NIV
1 Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder-- no end to the prey!
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Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
2 The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
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The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!
3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end-- they stumble over the bodies!
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Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses—
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