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Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. <a href="/nlt/nahum/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king; your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together. <a href="/esv/nahum/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them. <a href="/bsb/nahum/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. <a href="/kjv/nahum/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. <a href="/nkjv/nahum/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; Your nobles rest in the dust. Your people are scattered on the mountains, And no one gathers them. <a href="/nasb_/nahum/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your officers are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to gather them. <a href="/nasb/nahum/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to regather them. <a href="/nasb77/nahum/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, And there is no one to regather them. <a href="/lsb/nahum/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your mighty ones are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, And there is no one to regather them. <a href="/amp/nahum/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down [in death]. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to gather them. <a href="/csb/nahum/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together. <a href="/hcsb/nahum/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together. <a href="/asv/nahum/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them. <a href="/cev/nahum/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> King of Assyria, your officials and leaders are sound asleep, while your people are scattered in the mountains. Yes, your people are sheep without a shepherd. <a href="/erv/nahum/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy worthies are at rest: thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them. <a href="/gwt/nahum/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your shepherds, king of Assyria, have fallen into a deep sleep. Your best fighting men are at rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. <a href="/gnt/nahum/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> Emperor of Assyria, your governors are dead, and your noblemen are asleep forever! Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to bring them home again. <a href="/isv/nahum/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Hey king of Assyria! Your shepherds are asleep and your nobles are lying down! Your people lie scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them together. <a href="/msb/nahum/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. <a href="/net/nahum/3.htm">NET Bible</a> Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers are slumbering! Your people are scattered like sheep on the mountains and there is no one to regather them! <a href="/nheb/nahum/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. <a href="/wbt/nahum/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. <a href="/web/nahum/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nahum/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your friends have slumbered, king of Asshur, "" Your majestic ones rest, "" Your people have been scattered on the mountains, "" And there is none gathering. <a href="/ylt/nahum/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering. <a href="/slt/nahum/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thy shepherds slumbered, O king of Assur: thy chiefs will lie down: thy people breathed upon the mountains, and none gathering.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nahum/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thy shepherds have slumbered, O king of Assyria, thy princes shall be buried: thy people are hid in the mountains, and there is none to gather them together. <a href="/cpdv/nahum/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Your shepherds have become drowsy, king Assur. Your princes will be buried. Your people have remained hidden in the mountains, and there is no one to gather them. <a href="/nabre/nahum/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, your nobles have gone to rest; Your people are scattered upon the mountains, with none to gather them. <a href="/nrsvce/nahum/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nahum/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your friends slumber, O king of Assyria; your allies have deserted; your people are scattered on the mountains, and they have none to gather them. <a href="/hpbt/nahum/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your neighbors slumber, King of Assyria, and your associates have disbanded, your people are scattered on the mountains and there is none gathering them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nahum/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, Thy worthies are at rest; Thy people are scattered upon the mountains, And there is none to gather them. <a href="/sep/nahum/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive them. <a href="/parallel/nahum/3-18.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=493" 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> …17Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where. 18<a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">O king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘e·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">your shepherds</a> <a href="/hebrew/5123.htm" title="5123: nā·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be drowsy, slumber. A primitive root; to slumber.">slumber;</a> <a href="/hebrew/117.htm" title="117: ’ad·dî·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Majestic. From 'adar; wide or large; figuratively, powerful.">your officers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: yiš·kə·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">sleep.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/6335.htm" title="6335: nā·p̄ō·šū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- Probably to spring about. A primitive root; to spread; figuratively, act proudly.">are scattered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">with no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: mə·qab·bêṣ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">to gather them.</a> 19There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?…<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="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Ezekiel 31:11-14</a> I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it. / Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it. / All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs. ... <a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Jeremiah 50:18-19</a> Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria. / I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a> And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. <a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a> But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57</a> I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm">Isaiah 10:8-11</a> “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. / “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? / As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, ... <a href="/jeremiah/50-44.htm">Jeremiah 50:44</a> Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?” <a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a> Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land. <a href="/ezekiel/32-22.htm">Ezekiel 32:22-23</a> Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. / Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living. <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Isaiah 47:15</a> This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you. <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27</a> Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment. <a href="/isaiah/34-12.htm">Isaiah 34:12</a> No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Jeremiah 51:30</a> The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken. <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a> Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed. <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a> And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people is scattered on the mountains, and no man gathers them.Thy shepherds.<a href="/nahum/2-6.htm">Nahum 2:6</a> The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.<a href="/exodus/15-16.htm">Exodus 15:16</a> Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.<a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Psalm 76:5,6</a> The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands… O King.<a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Jeremiah 50:18</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.<a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-18</a> Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs… <a href="/ezekiel/32-22.htm">Ezekiel 32:22,23</a> Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: … nobles.<a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1</a> Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.<a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15</a> And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;thy people.<a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">1 Kings 22:17</a> And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.<a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a> And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/7-12.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/micah/7-12.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Gathereth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm">Gathering</a> <a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Nobles</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Slumber</a> <a href="/matthew/25-5.htm">Slumbered</a> <a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Together</a> <a href="/amos/8-12.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Worthies</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-8.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">Gathereth</a> <a href="/matthew/2-4.htm">Gathering</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/mark/6-21.htm">Nobles</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/matthew/8-24.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Slumber</a> <a href="/matthew/25-5.htm">Slumbered</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Together</a> <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Worthies</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'; 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The Assyrian kings, such as Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal, were often seen as invincible. However, Nahum's prophecy foretells their downfall, emphasizing the sovereignty of God over even the mightiest of earthly rulers. This echoes the biblical theme that no kingdom stands against God's will, as seen in <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a>, where God is described as the one who "removes kings and sets up kings."your shepherds slumber The term "shepherds" metaphorically refers to the leaders and rulers of Assyria, responsible for guiding and protecting the people. Their slumber indicates negligence and failure in leadership, leading to the nation's vulnerability. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where leaders are likened to shepherds, such as in <a href="/ezekiel/34.htm">Ezekiel 34</a>, where God condemns the shepherds of Israel for their failure to care for the flock. The slumber of Assyria's leaders signifies a divine judgment, rendering them ineffective and unprepared.your officers sleep Similar to the shepherds, the officers represent the military and administrative leaders of Assyria. Their sleep suggests a state of complacency or incapacity, contributing to the empire's downfall. This can be seen as a fulfillment of divine prophecy, where God uses the weaknesses of a nation's leaders to bring about its judgment. The imagery of sleep is often used in scripture to denote unawareness or impending disaster, as in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6</a>, which warns believers to stay awake and sober.Your people are scattered on the mountains The scattering of the people signifies the complete disintegration of Assyrian society and the loss of national unity. Mountains often symbolize places of refuge or isolation in biblical literature, indicating that the people are fleeing in desperation. This scattering fulfills the prophetic warnings of dispersion as a consequence of divine judgment, similar to the scattering of Israel and Judah due to their disobedience, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>.with no one to gather them The absence of a leader to gather the people underscores the total collapse of Assyrian authority and governance. This phrase highlights the futility of relying on human strength and leadership apart from God. It contrasts with the biblical promise of God as the ultimate shepherd who gathers His people, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a>, where God is depicted as gathering the lambs in His arms. The lack of a gatherer for Assyria emphasizes the finality of their judgment and the absence of divine favor.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/k/king_of_assyria.htm">King of Assyria</a> The ruler of the Assyrian Empire, representing the political and military power of the nation. Assyria was known for its might and cruelty, often oppressing other nations. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shepherds.htm">Shepherds</a> Symbolic of the leaders or rulers of Assyria, responsible for guiding and protecting the people. Their slumber indicates negligence and failure in leadership. 3. <a href="/topical/n/nobles.htm">Nobles</a> The elite class in Assyria, who are depicted as resting, suggesting complacency and a lack of vigilance. 4. <a href="/topical/p/people_of_assyria.htm">People of Assyria</a> The citizens of the Assyrian Empire, who are described as scattered, indicating a loss of unity and protection. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mountains.htm">Mountains</a> Often symbolic of places of refuge or isolation, representing the scattered state of the Assyrian people without leadership.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_negligent_leadership.htm">The Consequences of Negligent Leadership</a> Leaders have a responsibility to guide and protect those under their care. Negligence can lead to chaos and scattering, as seen in Assyria's downfall. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Vigilance</a> Complacency among leaders and the elite can lead to downfall. Constant vigilance and active engagement are necessary to maintain order and unity. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> Despite the might of empires like Assyria, God is sovereign and can bring about their downfall. Trust in God's ultimate authority over earthly powers. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_spiritual_shepherds.htm">The Need for Spiritual Shepherds</a> Just as physical leaders are necessary, spiritual shepherds are crucial for guiding people in faith. The church must ensure its leaders are awake and active. <a href="/topical/u/unity_and_community.htm">Unity and Community</a> The scattering of people highlights the importance of unity and community. Believers should strive to maintain fellowship and support one another.<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_is_nahum_1_relevant_today.htm">If Nahum 1's prophecies apply to ancient Nineveh's destruction, why should modern believers consider this chapter relevant or authoritative?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_nahum_3_7_predict_no_grief.htm">In Nahum 3:7, why does the text predict that no one would grieve for Nineveh, despite later Babylonian writings suggesting alliances and treaties with Assyria?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_tim_3_1-7_conflict_with_women_leaders.htm">Does the emphasis on male leadership in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 conflict with teachings in other parts of the Bible that highlight women in ministry roles?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jer._46_25-26_with_other_scriptures.htm">Jeremiah 46:25-26 - How can we harmonize Jehovah's pronouncement of destruction on Egypt with other Scriptures that portray God's relationship with nations differently?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nahum/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Shepherds--i.e., chief officers, as in <a href="/micah/5-2.htm" title="But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.">Micah 5:2</a> and passim. Their sheep are "scattered upon the mountains and none attempts to gather them." So Micaiah announces to Ahab, "I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills as sheep that have not a shepherd" (<a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm" title="And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.">1Kings 22:17</a>).Thy nobles shall dwell.--Better, thy mighty men are lying still.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nahum/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Thy shepherds. The princes and counsellors, on whom the safety of the state depends. Slumber. Sleep the sleep of death - slain in the war (<a href="/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6</a>). O King of Assyria. The power and evil of Nineveh personified, not any particular king. Shall dwell in the dust; are lying, or are at rest, in death; Septuagint, Ἐκοίμισε τοὺς δυνάστας σου, "Put to sleep thy mighty men" (comp. Euripides, 'Hec.,' 473, where κοιμίζειν is used in the sense of "to slay"): Vulgate, sepelientur. Is scattered upon the mountains. Their shepherds being dead, the flock, the herd of common people, is scattered abroad and perishes, because no man gathereth them - there is no one to collect them. "The mountains" referred to are those which shut in Assyria on the north. <a href="/commentaries/nahum/3-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>O king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Assyria, אַשּׁ֔וּר (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur your shepherds רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ (rō·‘e·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with slumber; נָמ֤וּ (nā·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5123.htm">Strong's 5123: </a> To be drowsy, slumber your officers אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ (’ad·dî·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_117.htm">Strong's 117: </a> Wide, large, powerful sleep. יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ (yiš·kə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> To settle down, abide, dwell Your people עַמְּךָ֛ (‘am·mə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock are scattered נָפֹ֧שׁוּ (nā·p̄ō·šū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6335.htm">Strong's 6335: </a> Probably to spring about on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the mountains הֶהָרִ֖ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country with no one וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle to gather them. מְקַבֵּֽץ׃ (mə·qab·bêṣ) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">OT Prophets: Nahum 3:18 Your shepherds slumber king of Assyria (Nah. 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