Verse 1

Nahum 3:1

World English Bible

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗/הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֨רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף

English Translation

Woe to the city of bloodshed, all of it; as a deceptive slaughterhouse, it will not be free from prey.

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Chapter 3 Context

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

2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, Focus ↗

3 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a... Focus ↗

4 because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft,... Focus ↗

5 “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I wi... Focus ↗

6 I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle. Focus ↗

7 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! W... Focus ↗

8 Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose... Focus ↗

9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers. Focus ↗

10 Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at... Focus ↗

11 You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. Focus ↗

12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall i... Focus ↗

13 Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. T... Focus ↗

14 Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make t... Focus ↗

15 There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper.... Focus ↗

16 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flee... Focus ↗

17 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the... Focus ↗

18 Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the moun... Focus ↗

19 There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their... Focus ↗

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