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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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/nahum/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Woe to Nineveh</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to the city of blood,</p><p class="line2">full of lies,</p><p class="line1">full of plunder,</p><p class="line2">never without victims!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The crack of whips,</p><p class="line2">the clatter of wheels,</p><p class="line1">galloping horses</p><p class="line2">and jolting chariots!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Charging cavalry,</p><p class="line2">flashing swords</p><p class="line2">and glittering spears!</p><p class="line1">Many casualties,</p><p class="line2">piles of dead,</p><p class="line1">bodies without number,</p><p class="line2">people stumbling over the corpses—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,</p><p class="line2">alluring, the mistress of sorceries,</p><p class="line1">who enslaved nations by her prostitution</p><p class="line2">and peoples by her witchcraft.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“I am against you,” declares the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty.</p><p class="line2">“I will lift your skirts over your face.</p><p class="line1">I will show the nations your nakedness</p><p class="line2">and the kingdoms your shame.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will pelt you with filth,</p><p class="line2">I will treat you with contempt</p><p class="line2">and make you a spectacle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All who see you will flee from you and say,</p><p class="line2">‘Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?’</p><p class="line2">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Are you better than Thebes,</p><p class="line2">situated on the Nile,</p><p class="line2">with water around her?</p><p class="line1">The river was her defense,</p><p class="line2">the waters her wall.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Cush <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the upper Nile region">a</a></sup></span> and Egypt were her boundless strength;</p><p class="line2">Put and Libya were among her allies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet she was taken captive</p><p class="line2">and went into exile.</p><p class="line1">Her infants were dashed to pieces</p><p class="line2">at every street corner.</p><p class="line1">Lots were cast for her nobles,</p><p class="line2">and all her great men were put in chains.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You too will become drunk;</p><p class="line2">you will go into hiding</p><p class="line2">and seek refuge from the enemy.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All your fortresses are like fig trees</p><p class="line2">with their first ripe fruit;</p><p class="line1">when they are shaken,</p><p class="line2">the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look at your troops—</p><p class="line2">they are all weaklings.</p><p class="line1">The gates of your land</p><p class="line2">are wide open to your enemies;</p><p class="line2">fire has consumed the bars of your gates.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Draw water for the siege,</p><p class="line2">strengthen your defenses!</p><p class="line1">Work the clay,</p><p class="line2">tread the mortar,</p><p class="line2">repair the brickwork!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There the fire will consume you;</p><p class="line2">the sword will cut you down—</p><p class="line2">they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.</p><p class="line1">Multiply like grasshoppers,</p><p class="line2">multiply like locusts!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have increased the number of your merchants</p><p class="line2">till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,</p><p class="line1">but like locusts they strip the land</p><p class="line2">and then fly away.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your guards are like locusts,</p><p class="line2">your officials like swarms of locusts</p><p class="line2">that settle in the walls on a cold day—</p><p class="line1">but when the sun appears they fly away,</p><p class="line2">and no one knows where.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>King of Assyria, your shepherds <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, rulers">b</a></sup></span> slumber;</p><p class="line2">your nobles lie down to rest.</p><p class="line1">Your people are scattered on the mountains</p><p class="line2">with no one to gather them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Nothing can heal you;</p><p class="line2">your wound is fatal.</p><p class="line1">All who hear the news about you</p><p class="line2">clap their hands at your fall,</p><p class="line1">for who has not felt</p><p class="line2">your endless cruelty?</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the upper Nile region</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, rulers</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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