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Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains. <a href="/nlt/nahum/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers threw dice to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains. <a href="/esv/nahum/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/bsb/nahum/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. <a href="/kjv/nahum/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/nkjv/nahum/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Yet she was carried away, She went into captivity; Her young children also were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/nasb_/nahum/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were smashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with shackles. <a href="/nasb/nahum/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. <a href="/nasb77/nahum/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. <a href="/lsb/nahum/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yet she became an exile; She went into captivity; Also her infants were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. <a href="/amp/nahum/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Yet she became an exile; She went into captivity. Her young children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with chains. <a href="/csb/nahum/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet she became an exile; 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. <a href="/hcsb/nahum/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet she became an exile; 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. <a href="/asv/nahum/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/cev/nahum/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But she was captured and taken to a foreign country. Her children were murdered at every street corner. The members of her royal family were auctioned off, and her high officials were bound in chains. <a href="/erv/nahum/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/gwt/nahum/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even she went into captivity and was exiled. Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men, and all her best men were bound in chains. <a href="/gnt/nahum/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> Yet the people of Thebes were carried off into exile. At every street corner their children were beaten to death. Their leading men were carried off in chains and divided among their captors. <a href="/isv/nahum/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> But she, too, was exiled— she went into captivity! Her young children were dashed to pieces at every crossroad of their streets, and her famous citizens were sold by lottery, while all of her aristocrats were put in chains. <a href="/msb/nahum/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. <a href="/net/nahum/3.htm">NET Bible</a> Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains. <a href="/nheb/nahum/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/wbt/nahum/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/web/nahum/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nahum/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Even she becomes an exile, "" She has gone into captivity, "" Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces "" At the top of all out-places, "" And for her honored ones they cast a lot, "" And all her great ones have been bound in chains. <a href="/ylt/nahum/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters. <a href="/slt/nahum/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Also she being carried away captive went into captivity: also her young children shall be dashed in pieces at the head of every street, and upon her honored ones they cast the lot, and all her great ones were bound in chains.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nahum/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Yet she also was removed and carried into captivity: her young children were dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they cast lots upon her nobles, and all her great men were bound in fetters. <a href="/cpdv/nahum/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles. <a href="/nabre/nahum/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Yet even she became an exile, and went into captivity; Even her little ones were dashed to pieces at the corner of every street; For her nobles they cast lots, and all her great ones were put into chains. <a href="/nrsvce/nahum/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet she became an exile, she went into captivity; even her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; lots were cast for her nobles, all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nahum/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Yet even she was carried away into captivity; her children were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/hpbt/nahum/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also she went into captivity and her children were dashed to pieces at the head of all of its streets, and for her honorable men they cast lots and all her great ones were bound in chains<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nahum/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Yet was she carried away, She went into captivity; Her young children also were dashed in pieces At the head of all the streets; And they cast lots for her honourable men, And all her great men were bound in chains. <a href="/sep/nahum/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious possessions, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains. <a href="/parallel/nahum/3-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1vC_xxtlDxA?start=402" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nahum/3.htm">Judgment Against Nineveh</a> …9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. 10<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/1473.htm" title="1473: lag·gō·lāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Exiles, exile. Or golah; active participle feminine of galah; exile; concretely and collectively exiles.">became an exile;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lə·ḵāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">she went</a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: ḇaš·še·ḇî (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">into captivity.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5768.htm" title="5768: ‘ō·lā·le·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A child. Or lolal; from uwl; a suckling.">Her infants</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7376.htm" title="7376: yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū (V-Pual-Imperf-3mp) -- To dash in pieces. A primitive root; to dash down.">were dashed to pieces</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rōš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">at the head</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣō·wṯ (N-mp) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">street.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3032.htm" title="3032: yad·dū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To cast a lot. A primitive root; properly, to handle, i.e. To throw, e.g. Lots.">They cast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: ḡō·w·rāl (N-ms) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">lots</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: niḵ·bad·de·hā (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">her dignitaries,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·w·le·hā (Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">her nobles</a> <a href="/hebrew/7576.htm" title="7576: rut·tə·qū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To bind. A primitive root; to fasten.">were bound</a> <a href="/hebrew/2131.htm" title="2131: ḇaz·ziq·qîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- (Isa. 'Abiyshuwae:; and ziq; or zeq; from zanaq; properly, what leaps forth, i.e. Flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also a bond.">in chains.</a> 11You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a> Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. <a href="/jeremiah/51-22.htm">Jeremiah 51:22</a> With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. <a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a> Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a> Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a> “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.” <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a> These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. <a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm">Jeremiah 50:33</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them. <a href="/psalms/137-9.htm">Psalm 137:9</a> Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. <a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18</a> Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. <a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16-18</a> When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. / Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: / “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a> Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Luke 19:44</a> They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9</a> They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.she carried.<a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16,17</a> There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength… <a href="/isaiah/20-4.htm">Isaiah 20:4</a> So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.her young.<a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a> And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.<a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Psalm 137:8</a> O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.<a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a> Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.at.<a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a> Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.<a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1</a> How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.cast.<a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Joel 3:3</a> And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.<a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Obadiah 1:11</a> In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/2-5.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/nahum/3-6.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/nahum/1-13.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Dashed</a> <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/jonah/1-7.htm">Lots</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Small</a> <a href="/nahum/2-4.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Top</a> <a href="/nahum/2-13.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Children</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Dashed</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Head</a> <a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/matthew/27-35.htm">Lots</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-10.htm">Small</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-2.htm">Top</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-4.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Nahum 3</div>1. <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">The destruction of Nineveh.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nahum/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nahum/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nahum/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. This phrase refers to the fate of Thebes (No-Amon), a powerful city in Egypt that was conquered by the Assyrians around 663 BC. Thebes was a significant cultural and religious center, known for its wealth and grandeur. The prophecy highlights the inevitability of divine judgment, as even a city as mighty as Thebes could not escape destruction. This serves as a warning to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, that it too would face a similar fate. The concept of exile and captivity is a recurring theme in the Bible, often symbolizing God's judgment and the consequences of sin (e.g., the Babylonian exile of Judah).Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. This brutal imagery underscores the totality of Thebes' destruction and the merciless nature of ancient warfare. The killing of infants was a common practice in ancient conquests, intended to eliminate future threats and demoralize the population. This phrase also serves as a stark reminder of the severity of God's judgment against sin and rebellion. The destruction of innocents is a theme that appears elsewhere in Scripture, such as in the massacre of the innocents in Bethlehem (<a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16-18</a>), which foreshadows the suffering of Christ and the ultimate victory over evil.They cast lots for her dignitaries, Casting lots was a method used in ancient times to make decisions or divide spoils, often seen as leaving the outcome to divine will. In this context, it signifies the complete humiliation and dehumanization of Thebes' leaders, reduced to mere commodities to be divided among the conquerors. This act of casting lots is reminiscent of the soldiers casting lots for Jesus' garments at the crucifixion (<a href="/john/19-23.htm">John 19:23-24</a>), highlighting the fulfillment of prophecy and the suffering of the righteous.and all her nobles were bound in chains. The binding of nobles in chains symbolizes the total subjugation and defeat of Thebes. It reflects the reversal of fortunes for those who once held power and authority, now reduced to captives. This imagery is consistent with the biblical theme of the proud being humbled and the mighty being brought low (<a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12</a>, <a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Luke 1:52</a>). It serves as a reminder of the ultimate justice of God, who will hold all accountable and bring about His righteous judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/thebes.htm">Thebes (No-Amon)</a> An ancient city in Egypt, known for its wealth and power. It serves as a historical example of a city that fell despite its strength and alliances. 2. <a href="/topical/e/exile_and_captivity.htm">Exile and Captivity</a> The fate of Thebes, symbolizing the complete overthrow and humiliation of a once-great city. 3. <a href="/topical/i/infants_dashed_to_pieces.htm">Infants Dashed to Pieces</a> A brutal act of violence, illustrating the total destruction and lack of mercy shown to the defeated. 4. <a href="/topical/n/nobles_and_great_men.htm">Nobles and Great Men</a> The leaders and influential figures of Thebes, who were humiliated and enslaved, showing the reversal of fortunes. 5. <a href="/topical/c/casting_lots.htm">Casting Lots</a> A method used to divide the spoils of war, indicating the complete subjugation and dehumanization of the conquered people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a> God's judgment is inevitable for those who oppose Him, as seen in the fall of Thebes. No earthly power can withstand His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Idolatry</a> Thebes' downfall serves as a warning against pride and reliance on false gods. Nations and individuals must humble themselves before God. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_human_suffering_in_judgment.htm">The Reality of Human Suffering in Judgment</a> The graphic imagery of infants and nobles highlights the severe consequences of sin and rebellion. It calls believers to compassion and intercession for those facing judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god_over_nations.htm">The Sovereignty of God Over Nations</a> God is sovereign over all nations, and He uses historical events to fulfill His purposes. Believers can trust in His ultimate plan and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nahum_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nahum 3</a> <a href="/q/why_mention_infants_dashed_in_bible.htm">Why does the Bible mention infants dashed to pieces?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_bible_prophecies_often_fail.htm">If the Bible is historically accurate, why do its prophecies often fail or require vague reinterpretation?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_endorse_breaking_families.htm">Ezra 10:3 - Why does God seemingly endorse the breaking up of families by demanding the men send away their foreign wives and children?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_10's_imagery_relate_to_babylon.htm">How does the intricate temple imagery in Ezekiel 10 relate to known architecture and practices during the Babylonian captivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nahum/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Yet was she carried away. In spite of her strong position and infinite resources, Thebes was captured and despoiled; and shall Nineveh fare better? Surely not. This capture of Thebes took place B.C. 664, and must have been in men's minds when Nahum wrote his prophecy. The Assyrians twice took Thebes in the days of Assurbanipal. The first time it is merely recorded that the soldiers, under the commander of the satraps, made a slaughter in the city. The second capture is thus described in the monarch's own tablet (Brugsch, 'Egypt,' 1:272-275, Eng. transl.): "Urdamaneh fled alone, and entered Thebes, the city of his kingdom... I directed my march in pursuit of him. I came to Thebes. He saw the strength of my army, and left Thebes, and fled to the city of Kipkip. Of that whole city (Thebes), with thanksgiving to Asur and Istar, my hands took the complete possession. Silver, gold, metals, stones, all the treasures of its palace whatsoever, dyed garments of before and linen, great horses [elephants?] men and women, great and small, works of zakah [basalt?] and marble, their kelal and manzas, the gates of their palace... I tare away and carried to Assyria. I made spoil of the animals of the land without number, and carried them forth in the midst out of Thebes I caused a catalogue to be made of the spoil. I returned in safety to Nineveh" (see a different version in O. Smith, 'Assurbanipal,' p. 52, etc.). Were dashed in pieces. The prophet describes the usual treatment of captured cities (comp. <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/137-9.htm">Psalm 137:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a>). At the top of all the streets. In the most public places, where many streets converge (<a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a>). Cast lots. The victors divided the nobles among themselves by lot (see note on Obadiah 1:11). Were bound in chains. We find in the Assyrian monuments delineations of captives with their arms bound together by a rope held by a soldier, sometimes men, sometimes women and children; the women are tearing their hair in despair (see Bonomi, 'Nineveh and its Palaces,' pp. 226, 277). In a bas-relief at Khorsabad captives were led by a rope fastened to a ring in the lip (comp. <a href="/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28</a>; see Rawlinson, 'Ant. Men.,' 1:904; Layard, 'Nineveh,' fig. 60, and col. 1. p. 376). <a href="/commentaries/nahum/3-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and she הִ֗יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are became an exile; לַגֹּלָה֙ (lag·gō·lāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> Exile, exiles she went הָלְכָ֣ה (hā·lə·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk into captivity. בַשֶּׁ֔בִי (ḇaš·še·ḇî) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> Exiled, captured, exile, booty Her infants עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ (‘ō·lā·le·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5768.htm">Strong's 5768: </a> A suckling were dashed to pieces יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ (yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7376.htm">Strong's 7376: </a> To dash in pieces at the head בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every street. חוּצ֑וֹת (ḥū·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors They cast יַדּ֣וּ (yad·dū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3032.htm">Strong's 3032: </a> To handle, to throw, lots lots גוֹרָ֔ל (ḡō·w·rāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> Lot -- a lot (for casting) for וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against her dignitaries, נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙ (niḵ·bad·de·hā) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every her nobles גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָ (gə·ḏō·w·le·hā) Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent were bound רֻתְּק֥וּ (rut·tə·qū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7576.htm">Strong's 7576: </a> To fasten in chains. בַזִּקִּֽים׃ (ḇaz·ziq·qîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2131.htm">Strong's 2131: </a> What leaps forth, flash of fire, a burning arrow, a bond <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">OT Prophets: Nahum 3:10 Yet was she carried away (Nah. 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