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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Nahum 3</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nahum/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//nahum/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/nahum/">Nahum</a> > Nahum 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nahum/2.htm" title="Nahum 2">◄</a> Nahum 3 <a href="../habakkuk/1.htm" title="Habakkuk 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/nahum/3.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/nahum/3.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/nahum/3.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/nahum/3.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/nahum/3.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/nahum/3.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/nahum/3.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment on Nineveh<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to the city of blood, <p class="indent2"> full of lies, <p class="indent1"> full of plunder, <p class="indent2"> never without prey. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The crack of the whip, <p class="indent2"> the rumble of the wheel, <p class="indent1"> galloping horse <p class="indent2"> and bounding chariot! <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Charging horseman, <p class="indent2"> flashing sword, <p class="indent2"> shining spear; <p class="indent1"> heaps of slain, <p class="indent2"> mounds of corpses, <p class="indent1"> dead bodies without end—<p class="indent2"> they stumble over their dead— <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>because of the many harlotries of the harlot, <p class="indent2"> the seductive mistress of sorcery, <p class="indent1"> who betrays nations by her prostitution <p class="indent2"> and clans by her witchcraft. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Behold, I am against you,” <p class="indent2"> declares the LORD of Hosts. <p class="indent1">“I will lift your skirts over your face. <p class="indent2"> I will show your nakedness to the nations <p class="indent2"> and your shame to the kingdoms. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will pelt you with filth <p class="indent2"> and treat you with contempt; <p class="indent2"> I will make a spectacle of you. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then all who see you <p class="indent2"> will recoil from you and say, <p class="indent1">‘Nineveh is devastated; <p class="indent2"> who will grieve for her?’ <p class="indent1"> Where can I find <p class="indent2"> comforters for you?” <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Are you better than Thebes,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> stationed by the Nile with water around her, <p class="indent1"> whose rampart was the sea, <p class="indent2"> whose wall was the water? <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Cush<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and Egypt were her boundless strength; <p class="indent2"> Put and Libya were her allies. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet she became an exile; <p class="indent2"> she went into captivity. <p class="indent1"> Her infants were dashed to pieces <p class="indent2"> at the head of every street. <p class="indent1"> They cast lots for her dignitaries, <p class="indent2"> and all her nobles were bound in chains. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You too will become drunk; <p class="indent2"> you will go into hiding <p class="indent2"> and seek refuge from the enemy. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All your fortresses are fig trees <p class="indent2"> with the first ripe figs; <p class="indent1"> when shaken, they fall <p class="indent2"> into the mouth of the eater! <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look at your troops—<p class="indent2"> they are like your women! <p class="indent1"> The gates of your land <p class="indent2"> are wide open to your enemies; <p class="indent2"> fire consumes their bars. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Draw your water for the siege; <p class="indent2"> strengthen your fortresses. <p class="indent1"> Work the clay and tread the mortar; <p class="indent2"> repair the brick kiln! <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There the fire will devour you; <p class="indent2"> the sword will cut you down <p class="indent2"> and consume you like a young locust. <p class="indent1"> Make yourself many like the young locust; <p class="indent2"> make yourself many like the swarming locust! <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have multiplied your merchants <p class="indent2"> more than the stars of the sky. <p class="indent1"> The young locust strips the land <p class="indent2"> and flies away. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your guards<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> are like the swarming locust, <p class="indent2"> and your scribes<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> like clouds of locusts <p class="indent2"> that settle on the walls on a cold day. <p class="indent1"> When the sun rises, they fly away, <p class="indent2"> and no one knows where. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; <p class="indent2"> your officers sleep. <p class="indent1"> Your people are scattered on the mountains <p class="indent2"> with no one to gather them. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There is no healing for your injury; <p class="indent2"> your wound is severe. <p class="indent1"> All who hear the news of you <p class="indent2"> applaud your downfall, <p class="indent1"> for who has not experienced <p class="indent2"> your constant cruelty?</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>No-amon</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the upper Nile region<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>princes</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>marshals</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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