1 God says Nineveh is a bad city. It lies, it steals, it hurts. It does not stop. ⚠️️ 2 We hear whips crack. Wheels go clack. Horses run fast. War carts jump. ⚔️ 3 Soldiers hold a sharp sword and a spear. Many fall, and many are dead. ⚔️ 4 This is because Nineveh did many bad tricks. It used bad magic and fooled many towns. ♀️ 5 God says, “I am against you. I will show your shame to all.” ⛔ 6 God says He will throw dirty stuff on you. All will think you are gross. 7 All who see you will run away. They will say, “Nineveh is broken.” No one will help. ️♀️ 8 Are you better than big city Thebes by the big river? Water was like a wall for it. ️ 9 Thebes had help from Egypt and Ethiopia. Put and Libya helped too. 10 But Thebes fell. People were taken away. Kids were hurt. Leaders were tied and picked by lots. ⛓️ 11 Nineveh, you will be weak like a drunk. You will hide. You will look for a safe place. 12 Your forts will be like soft figs. Shake them, and they fall to the eater. 13 Your men will be weak. Your gates will open wide to the enemy. Fire will burn the bars. 14 Go get water for the fight. Make your wall strong. Use clay. Make bricks. Work the brick oven. 15 But fire will still eat you there. The sword will cut you. Be many like locust bugs; it will not help. ⚔️ 16 You had many sellers, like stars. But the locust bugs will take and fly away. ✨ 17 Your leaders are like locusts. They sit in the cold. When the sun comes, they fly away. No one sees them then. ️ 18 King of Assyria, your shepherds sleep. Your big men rest. Your people are spread on the hills. No one gathers them. ⛰️ 19 Your hurt has no heal. Your wound is very bad. All who hear will clap, because you hurt them all.