Parallel Verses

Amplified

Woe (judgment is coming) to the city of blood [guilty of murder and mayhem], completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs [alive].

New American Standard Bible

Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Woe to the city of blood,
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.

International Standard Version

Woe to this city, contaminated with shed blood, all full of lies and robberies it is never without victims!

A Conservative Version

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine. The prey departs not.

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.

Darby Translation

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and violence; the prey departeth not.

Julia Smith Translation

Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to the city [that has shed] {much blood}! {She is a deceiver}, She is filled [with] plunder, {She has hoarded her spoils of war}.

Modern King James verseion

Woe to the bloody city! It is a lie, and full of plunder; the prey is not withdrawn.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe to that bloodthirsty city, which is all full of lies and robbery, and will not leave off from ravishing.

NET Bible

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

New Heart English Bible

Woe to the bloody city. It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.

The Emphasized Bible

Alas for the city of bloodshed! All of it, deceit, of violence full, none releaseth prey!

Webster

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

World English Bible

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to the city of blood, She is all with lies -- burglary -- full, Prey doth not depart.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
הוי 
Howy 
woe, Ah, Ho, O, Alas
Usage: 50

to the bloody
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

it is all full
מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 63

of lies
כּחשׁ 
Kachash 
Usage: 6

and robbery
פּרק 
Pereq 
Usage: 2

the prey
טרף 
Tereph 
Usage: 22

מוּשׁ 
Muwsh 
Usage: 20

References

Morish

Context Readings

The Doom Of The Wicked City Is Certain

1 Woe (judgment is coming) to the city of blood [guilty of murder and mayhem], completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs [alive].
2
The noise of the [cracking of the] whip,
The noise of the rattling of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And rumbling and bounding chariots [in the assault of Nineveh]!


Cross References

Nahum 2:12


The lion [of Assyria] tore enough for his cubs (Assyrian citizens),
Killed [enough prey] for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.

Habakkuk 2:12


“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds a city with bloodshed
And establishes a town by violence!

Isaiah 17:14


At evening time, now look, sudden terror!
Before morning the Assyrians are no more.
This is the portion (fate) of those who plunder us,
And the lot of those who pillage us.

Isaiah 24:9


They do not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 42:24


Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned,
And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk,
And whose law and teaching they did not obey?

Ezekiel 22:2-3

“And you, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make her recognize all her repulsive acts.

Ezekiel 24:6-9


‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe (judgment is coming) to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece by piece,
Without making any choice.

Hosea 4:2


There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Woe (judgment is coming) to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!

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