Nahum 3 New American Standard Bible

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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Horsemen<MH6571b> charging<MH5927>, <t><p class="indent1">Swords<MH2719> flashing<MH3851>, spears<MH2595> gleaming<MH1300>, <t><p class="indent1">Many<MH7230> killed<MH2491a>, a mass<MH3514> of corpses<MH6297>, <t><p class="indent1">And there<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> end<MH7097b> to <i>the</i> dead<MH1472a> bodies<MH1472a>— <t><p class="indent1">They stumble<MH3782> over <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>the dead<MH1472a> bodies<MH1472a>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><i>All</i> because<MH4480> of the many<MH7230> sexual<MH2183> acts<MH2183> of the prostitute<MH2181>, <t><p class="indent1">The charming<MH2580, 2896a> one<MH2896a>, the mistress<MH1172> of sorceries<MH3785>, <t><p class="indent1">Who sells<MH4376> nations<MH1471> by her sexual<MH2183> acts<MH2183>, <t><p class="indent1">And families<MH4940> by her sorceries<MH3785>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Behold<MH2009>, I am against<MH413> you,” declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635>; <t><p class="indent1">“And I will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>lift<MH1540> up<MH1540> your skirts<MH7757> over<MH5921> your face<MH6440>, <t><p class="indent1">And show<MH7200> the nations<MH1471> your nakedness<MH4626>, <t><p class="indent1">And the kingdoms<MH4467> your shame<MH7036>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I will throw<MH7993> filth<MH8251> on you <t><p class="indent1">And declare<MH5034a> you worthless<MH5034a>, <t><p class="indent1">And set<MH7760> you up<MH7760> as a spectacle<MH7210>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“And it will come<MH1961> about<MH1961> that all<MH3605> who see<MH7200> you <t><p class="indent1">Will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>shrink<MH5074> from you and say<MH559>, <t><p class="indent1">‘Nineveh<MH5210> is devastated<MH7703>! <t><p class="indent1">Who<MH4310> will have<MH5110> sympathy<MH5110> for her?’ <t><p class="indent1">Where<MH370> shall I seek<MH1245> comforters<MH5162> for you?” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Are<MH3190> you better<MH3190> than<MH4480> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>No-amon<MH4996, 528>, <t><p class="indent1">Which was situated<MH3427> by the canals<MH2975> of<MH2975> the<MH2975> Nile<MH2975>, <t><p class="indent1">With water<MH4325> surrounding<MH5439> her, <t><p class="indent1">Whose<MH834> rampart<MH2426> <i>was</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>the sea<MH3220>, <t><p class="indent1">Whose wall<MH2346> <i>consisted</i> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>the sea<MH3220>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Ethiopia<MH3568a> was <i>her</i> might<MH6109>, <t><p class="indent1">Egypt<MH4714> too, without<MH369> limits<MH7097b>. <t><p class="indent1">Put<MH6316> and Lubim<MH3864> were among <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>her helpers<MH5833>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet<MH1571> she became an exile<MH1473>, <t><p class="indent1">She went<MH1980> into captivity<MH7628b>; <t><p class="indent1">Also<MH1571> her small children<MH5768> were smashed<MH7376> to<MH7376> pieces<MH7376> <t><p class="indent1">At the head<MH7218> of every<MH3605> street<MH2351>; <t><p class="indent1">They cast<MH3032> lots<MH1486> for her honorable<MH3513> men<MH3513>, <t><p class="indent1">And all<MH3605> her great<MH1419> men<MH1419> were bound<MH7576> with shackles<MH2203b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You too<MH1571> will become<MH7937> drunk<MH7937>, <t><p class="indent1">You will be hidden<MH5956>. <t><p class="indent1">You too<MH1571> will search<MH1245> for a refuge<MH4581> from the enemy<MH340>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All<MH3605> your fortifications<MH4013> are fig<MH8384> trees<MH8384> with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>ripe<MH1061> fruit<MH1061>— <t><p class="indent1">When<MH518> shaken<MH5128>, they fall<MH5307> into the eater’s<MH398> mouth<MH6310>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Behold<MH2009>, your people<MH5971a> are women<MH802> in your midst<MH7130>! <t><p class="indent1">The gates<MH8179> of your land<MH776> are opened<MH6605a> wide<MH6605a> to your enemies<MH340>; <t><p class="indent1">Fire<MH784> consumes<MH398> your gate bars<MH1280>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Draw<MH7579> for yourself water<MH4325> for a siege<MH4692>! <t><p class="indent1">Strengthen<MH2388> your fortifications<MH4013>! <t><p class="indent1">Go<MH935> into the clay<MH2916> and tread<MH7429> the mortar<MH2563a>! <t><p class="indent1">Take<MH2388> hold<MH2388> of the brick<MH4404> mold<MH4404>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There<MH8033> fire<MH784> will consume<MH398> you, <t><p class="indent1">The sword<MH2719> will cut<MH3772> you down<MH3772>; <t><p class="indent1">It will consume<MH398> you as the creeping<MH3218> locust<MH3218> <i>consumes a crop.</i> <t><p class="indent1">Multiply<MH3513> yourself like the creeping<MH3218> locust<MH3218>, <t><p class="indent1">Multiply<MH3513> yourself like the migratory<MH697> locust<MH697>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have made<MH7235a> your traders<MH7402> more<MH4480> numerous<MH7235a> than<MH4480> the stars<MH3556> of heaven<MH8064>— <t><p class="indent1">The creeping<MH3218> locust<MH3218> sheds<MH6584> its skin<MH6584> and flies<MH5774a> <i>away.</i> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your courtiers<MH4502> are like the migratory<MH697> locust<MH697>. <t><p class="indent1">Your officials<MH2951> are like a swarm<MH1462> of<MH1462> locusts<MH1462> <t><p class="indent1">Settling<MH2583> in the stone<MH1448> shelters<MH1448> on a cold<MH7135> day<MH3117>. <t><p class="indent1">The sun<MH8121> rises<MH2224> and they flee<MH5074>, <t><p class="indent1">And the place<MH4725> where<MH335> they are is not known<MH3045>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your shepherds<MH7462a> are sleeping<MH5123>, O king<MH4428> of Assyria<MH804b>; <t><p class="indent1">Your officers<MH117> are lying<MH7931> down<MH7931>. <t><p class="indent1">Your people<MH5971a> are scattered<MH6335b> on the mountains<MH2022> <t><p class="indent1">And there<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> one<MH369> to gather<MH6908> <i>them.</i> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> relief<MH3545> for your collapse<MH7667>, <t><p class="indent1">Your wound<MH4347> is incurable<MH2470a>. <t><p class="indent1">All<MH3605> who hear<MH8085> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>about<MH8088> you <t><p class="indent1">Will clap<MH8628> <i>their</i> hands<MH3709> over<MH5921> you, <t><p class="indent1">For upon<MH5921> whom<MH4310> has your evil<MH7463a> not come<MH5674a> continually<MH8548>?<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>leaping</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>their</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>uncover your private parts</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>flee</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> I.e., the city of Amon: Thebes<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> I.e., the Nile<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> I.e., the Nile<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>your</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>first fruits</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>your report</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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