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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../topmenuchap/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</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 class="vheading">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence! It is completely full of lies and stolen goods-never without victims.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The sound of the whip! The sound of rattling wheels! Horses gallop! Chariots bounce along!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Horses charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! Many are killed! Dead bodies pile up! There is no end to the corpses! People trip over corpses</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>because of Nineveh's constant prostitution, this very charming mistress of evil magic. She used to sell nations her prostitution and people her evil magic."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>"I am against you, Nineveh," declares the LORD of Armies. "I will lift up your dress over your face. I will show nations your naked body and kingdoms your disgrace.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will throw filth on you. I will make you look like a fool. I will make you a sight to be seen.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Everyone who sees you will run from you, saying, 'Nineveh has been violently destroyed! Who will feel sorry for her?' Where can I find anyone to comfort you?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Are you better than No-amon, which sits by the streams of the Nile with water surrounding her? The sea was [her] defense. The water was her wall. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Sudan and Egypt were her endless strength. Put and the Lybians were her help.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Even she went into captivity and was exiled. Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men, and all her best men were bound in chains.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even you, Nineveh, will stagger like a drunk. You will disappear. Even you will look for a fortress [to escape] from the enemy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All your defenses will be like fig trees with the earliest figs. When shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look at your soldiers; they're women! The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Store water for the siege! Strengthen your defenses! Step into the claypits and trample the clay! Grab the brick mold!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Fire will consume you there. A sword will cut you down. It will consume you like locusts. Multiply like locusts! Multiply like hungry locusts!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky. [They are] like locusts that attack and then fly away.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your officers are like locusts, and your scribes are like swarms of locusts that settle on the fences when it is cold. The sun rises, and they scatter in every direction. No one knows where they've gone.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There is no relief for your collapse. Your wound is fatal. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands. Who hasn't suffered from your endless evil?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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