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class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The crack of the whip</p><p class="poem">and rumble of the wheel,</p><p class="poem">galloping horse</p><p class="poem">and jolting chariot!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Charging horseman,</p><p class="poem">flashing sword,</p><p class="poem">shining spear;</p><p class="poem">heaps of slain,</p><p class="poem">mounds of corpses,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">dead bodies without end<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">they stumble over their dead.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,</p><p class="poem">the attractive mistress of sorcery,</p><p class="poem">who treats nations and clans like merchandise</p><p class="poem">by her prostitution and sorcery,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I am against you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">This is the declaration of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies.</p><p class="poem">I will lift your skirts over your face</p><p class="poem">and display your nakedness to nations,</p><p class="poem">your shame to kingdoms.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will throw filth on you</p><p class="poem">and treat you with contempt;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will make a spectacle of you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">“Nineveh is devastated;</p><p class="poem">who will show sympathy to her? ”</p><p class="poem">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Are you better than Thebes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">that sat along the Nile</p><p class="poem">with water surrounding her,</p><p class="poem">whose rampart was the sea,</p><p class="poem">the river<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.8.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.8.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> her wall?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;</p><p class="poem">Put and Libya were among her<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> allies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet she became an exile;</p><p class="poem">she went into captivity.</p><p class="poem">Her children were also dashed to pieces<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">at the head of every street.</p><p class="poem">They cast lots for her dignitaries,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and all her nobles were bound in chains.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> also will become drunk;</p><p class="poem">you will hide.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.11.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">You also will seek refuge from the enemy.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All your fortresses are fig trees</p><p class="poem">with figs that ripened first;</p><p class="poem">when shaken, they fall —</p><p class="poem">right into the mouth of the eater!</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look, your troops are like women among you;</p><p class="poem">your land’s city gates</p><p class="poem">are wide open to your enemies.</p><p class="poem">Fire will devour the bars of your gates.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Draw water for the siege;</p><p class="poem">strengthen your fortresses.</p><p class="poem">Step into the clay and tread the mortar;</p><p class="poem">take hold of the brick-mold!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The fire will devour you there;</p><p class="poem">the sword will cut you down.</p><p class="poem">It will devour you like the young locust.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Multiply yourselves like the young locust;</p><p class="poem">multiply like the swarming locust!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have made your merchants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">more numerous than the stars of the sky.</p><p class="poem">The young locust strips<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nahum.3.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the land</p><p class="poem">and flies away.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your court officials are like the swarming locust,</p><p class="poem">and your scribes like clouds of locusts,</p><p class="poem">which settle on the walls on a cold day;</p><p class="poem">when the sun rises, they take off,</p><p class="poem">and no one knows where they are.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your officers sleep.</p><p class="poem">Your people are scattered across the mountains<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">with no one to gather them together.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.18.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nahum.3.19" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There is no remedy for your injury;</p><p class="poem">your wound is severe.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">All who hear the news about you</p><p class="poem">will clap their hands because of you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nahum.3.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">for who has not experienced</p><p class="poem">your constant cruelty?</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Nahum.3" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.8">3:8</a></span> Hb <span class="italic">No-amon</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.8.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.8">3:8</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">water</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.8.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.8">3:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">sea from sea</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.9">3:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">your</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.11">3:11</a></span> = Nineveh</aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.11.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.11">3:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">will be overcome</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nahum.3.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.16">3:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">sheds its skin</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Nahum.3" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.1">3:1</a></span> Ezk 7:23; 9:9; 22:2–3; 24:6,9; Hab 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.1">3:1</a></span> Nah 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.2">3:2</a></span> Jdg 5:22; Jb 39:24; Jr 47:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.3">3:3</a></span> Lv 26:30; Ps 110:6; Is 66:24; Jr 41:9; Ezk 6:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.3">3:3</a></span> Nah 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.4">3:4</a></span> 2Kg 9:22; Pr 7:10–23; Ezk 16:15; 23:1–21; Rv 17:3–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.5">3:5</a></span> Nah 2:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.5">3:5</a></span> Is 47:3; Jr 13:22,26; Ezk 16:37; 23:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.6">3:6</a></span> Ps 107:40; Is 16:14; Dn 12:2; Mc 6:16; Mal 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.7">3:7</a></span> Dt 28:25,37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Ps 31:11; Is 66:24; Jr 15:4; 24:9; 50:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.8">3:8</a></span> Jr 46:25; Ezk 30:14–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.10">3:10</a></span> 2Kg 8:12; Is 13:16; Hs 10:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.10">3:10</a></span> Ob 11</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.15">3:15</a></span> Jl 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.16">3:16</a></span> Ezk 16:29; 17:4; 27:3,13,20,23–24; Zph 1:11; Rv 18:3,11,15,23</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.18">3:18</a></span> Jr 23:1–2; 50:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.18">3:18</a></span> Ezk 34:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.18.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.18">3:18</a></span> 1Kg 22:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.19">3:19</a></span> Jr 10:19; 14:17; 30:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Nahum.3.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nahum.3.19">3:19</a></span> Ps 47:1; 98:8; Lm 2:15; Ezk 22:13</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Nahum.3" class="snSection"><br /></div><div 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