Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

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‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Woe to (A)the bloody city,
To the pot whose scum is in it,
And whose scum is not gone from it!
Bring it out piece by piece,
On which no (B)lot has fallen.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

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‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

(A)“Woe to the bloody city!
I too will make the pyre great.

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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

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The Woe of Nineveh

Woe to the (A)bloody city!
It is all full of lies and robbery.
Its [a]victim never departs.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:1 Lit. prey

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

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12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!

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