Thematic Bible
Nahum 3:1 (show verse)
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.
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Nineveh » Described as » Full of lies and robbery
Nineveh » Called » Bloody city
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national Sins » Exemplified » Nineveh
Theft » Woe denounced against
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Nineveh » Described as » Full of lies and robbery
Nineveh » Called » Bloody city
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
national Sins » Exemplified » Nineveh
Theft » Woe denounced against
Nahum 3:2 (show verse)
and rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse
and jolting chariot!
Nahum 3:3 (show verse)
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end
they stumble over their dead.
Nahum 3:4 (show verse)
the attractive mistress of sorcery,
who betrays nations by her prostitution
and clans by her witchcraft,
Nahum 3:5 (show verse)
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.
Nahum 3:6 (show verse)
and treat you with contempt;
I will make a spectacle of you.
Nahum 3:7 (show verse)
“Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
Nahum 3:8 (show verse)
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river
Nahum 3:9 (show verse)
Put and Libya were among her
Nahum 3:10 (show verse)
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,
and all her nobles were bound in chains.
Nahum 3:11 (show verse)
you will hide yourself.
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
Nahum 3:12 (show verse)
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!
Nahum 3:13 (show verse)
the gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.
Nahum 3:14 (show verse)
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!
Nahum 3:15 (show verse)
the sword will cut you down.
It will devour you like the young locust.
Multiply yourselves like the young locust,
multiply like the swarming locust!
Nahum 3:16 (show verse)
more numerous than the stars of the sky.
The young locust strips
and flies away.
Nahum 3:17 (show verse)
and your scribes like clouds of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day;
when the sun rises, they take off,
and no one knows where they are.
Nahum 3:18 (show verse)
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.
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Nahum 3:19 (show verse)
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?