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2.13 :The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps,
 * And strangled for his lionesses,
 * And filled his caves with prey,
 * And his dens with ravin.
 * Behold, I am against thee, saith the of hosts,
 * And I will burn her chariots in the smoke,
 * And the sword shall devour thy young lions;
 * And I will cut off thy prey from the earth,
 * And the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.


 * Woe to the bloody city!
 * It is all full of lies and rapine,
 * The prey departeth not.
 * Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of wheels;
 * And prancing horses, and bounding chariots;
 * The horseman charging,
 * And the flashing sword, and the glittering spear;
 * And a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcasses;
 * And there is no end of the corpses,
 * And they stumble upon their corpses;
 * Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot,
 * The mistress of witchcrafts,
 * That selleth nations through her harlotries,
 * And families through her witchcrafts.
 * Behold, I am against thee, saith the of hosts,
 * And I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face,
 * And I will show the nations thy nakedness,
 * And the kingdoms thy shame.
 * And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile,
 * And will make thee as dung.
 * 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?'
 * Art thou better than No-amon,
 * That was situate among the rivers,
 * That had the waters round about her;
 * Whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?
 * Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite;
 * Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
 * Yet was she carried away,
 * She went into captivity;
 * Her young children also were dashed in pieces
 * At the head of all the streets;
 * And they cast lots for her honourable men,
 * And all her great men were bound in chains.
 * Thou also shalt be drunken,
 * Thou shalt swoon;
 * Thou also shalt seek a refuge
 * Because of the enemy.


 * All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs;
 * If they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
 * Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women;
 * The gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies;
 * The fire hath devoured thy bars.
 * Draw thee water for the siege,
 * Strengthen thy fortresses;
 * Go into the clay, and tread the mortar,
 * Lay hold of the brickmould.
 * There shall the fire devour thee;