Nahum 3

1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

הֹוי עִיר דָּמִים כֻּלָּהּ כַּחַשׁ פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה לֹא יָמִישׁ טָרֶף׃ (1914)

See also: Habakkuk 2:12, Zephaniah 3:1-3, Ezekiel 22:2-3, Ezekiel 24:6-9, Hosea 4:2, Nahum 2:12, Nahum 2:13, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 42:24, Ezekiel 24:9, Ezekiel 31:3, Ezekiel 32:22, Nahum 2:11, Isaiah 24:9

2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

קֹול שֹׁוט וְקֹול רַעַשׁ אֹופָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה׃ (2263)

See also: Jeremiah 47:3, Nahum 2:3-4, Judges 5:22, Job 39:22-25, Ezekiel 26:7, Nahum 2:4, Isaiah 5:28, Isaiah 9:5, Jeremiah 8:16, Ezekiel 23:24, Joel 2:5

3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

פָּרָשׁ מַעֲלֶה וְלַהַב חֶרֶב וּבְרַק חֲנִית וְרֹב חָלָל וְכֹבֶד פָּגֶר וְאֵין קֵצֶה לַגְּוִיָּה [יִכְשְׁלוּ כ] (וְכָשְׁלוּ ק) בִּגְוִיָּתָם׃ (3970)

See also: Ezekiel 39:4, Habakkuk 3:11, Isaiah 34:3, Isaiah 37:36, Genesis 3:24, 2 Kings 19:35, Ezekiel 21:10, Ezekiel 31:3-13, Amos 8:3, Nahum 2:4, Nahum 2:5

4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

מֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי זֹונָה טֹובַת חֵן בַּעֲלַת כְּשָׁפִים הַמֹּכֶרֶת גֹּויִם בִּזְנוּנֶיהָ וּמִשְׁפָּחֹות בִּכְשָׁפֶיהָ׃ (3971)

See also: Revelation 18:23, Isaiah 47:9, 2 Kings 9:22, Proverbs 11:22, Isaiah 23:17, Isaiah 47:12-13, Revelation 17:1, Amos 3:2, Ezekiel 16:25-29, Revelation 18:2-3, Revelation 18:9, Isaiah 23:15-17, Ezekiel 16:35, Nahum 1:14

5Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְגִלֵּיתִי שׁוּלַיִךְ עַל־פָּנָיִךְ וְהַרְאֵיתִי גֹויִם מַעְרֵךְ וּמַמְלָכֹות קְלֹונֵךְ׃ (3646)

See also: Jeremiah 13:26, Jeremiah 13:22, Ezekiel 23:29, Nahum 2:13, Isaiah 47:2-3, Isaiah 47:3, Ezekiel 16:37, Revelation 3:18, Ezekiel 21:3, Habakkuk 2:16, Isaiah 3:17, Jeremiah 50:31, Ezekiel 13:8, Ezekiel 23:25, Ezekiel 28:22, Ezekiel 35:3, Ezekiel 39:1, Micah 1:11

6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּי עָלַיִךְ שִׁקֻּצִים וְנִבַּלְתִּיךְ וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ כְּרֹאִי׃ (2966)

See also: Malachi 2:3, Malachi 2:9, Job 9:31, Psalms 38:5-7, Jeremiah 51:37, Job 30:8, Nahum 1:14, 1 Corinthians 4:9, Hebrews 10:33, 1 Kings 9:7-8, Job 30:19, Isaiah 14:16-19, Lamentations 3:16, Zephaniah 2:15, Malachi 2:2, Luke 15:15, 1 Corinthians 4:13, Jude 1:7

7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

וְהָיָה כָל־רֹאַיִךְ יִדֹּוד מִמֵּךְ וְאָמַר שָׁדְּדָה נִינְוֵה מִי יָנוּד לָהּ מֵאַיִן אֲבַקֵּשׁ מְנַחֲמִים לָךְ׃ (2009)

See also: Isaiah 51:19, Jeremiah 15:5, Zephaniah 2:13, Psalms 64:8, Revelation 18:10, Numbers 16:34, Jeremiah 51:9, Lamentations 2:13, Genesis 10:11, Jeremiah 50:36, Nahum 1:1, Nahum 2:9-10, Nahum 2:10, Jeremiah 51:41-43, Revelation 18:16-19

8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

הֲתֵיטְבִי מִנֹּא אָמֹון הַיֹּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים מַיִם סָבִיב לָהּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵיל יָם מִיָּם חֹומָתָהּ׃ (2556)

See also: Amos 6:2, Jeremiah 46:12, Jeremiah 25:19, Ezekiel 29:15, Ezekiel 30:14-16, 1 Kings 19:4, Isaiah 19:5-10, Jeremiah 46:25-26, Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 31:2-3, Zechariah 11:2

9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

כּוּשׁ עָצְמָה וּמִצְרַיִם וְאֵין קֵצֶה פּוּט וְלוּבִים הָיוּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ׃ (2088)

See also: 2 Chronicles 12:3, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Daniel 11:43, Genesis 10:6, Isaiah 20:5, Jeremiah 46:9, Ezekiel 38:5, 1 Chronicles 1:8, Ezekiel 30:6

10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

גַּם־הִיא לַגֹּלָה הָלְכָה בַשֶּׁבִי גַּם עֹלָלֶיהָ יְרֻטְּשׁוּ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצֹות וְעַל־נִכְבַּדֶּיהָ יַדּוּ גֹורָל וְכָל־גְּדֹולֶיהָ רֻתְּקוּ בַזִּקִּים׃ (3712)

See also: Psalms 137:9, 2 Kings 8:12, Joel 3:3, Isaiah 20:4, Obadiah 1:11, Isaiah 13:16, Hosea 13:16, Job 6:27, Lamentations 2:19, Ezekiel 24:6, Psalms 33:16-17, Psalms 137:8, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 13:18, Lamentations 4:1, Ezekiel 7:23, Hosea 10:14, Amos 1:13

11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

גַּם־אַתְּ תִּשְׁכְּרִי תְּהִי נַעֲלָמָה גַּם־אַתְּ תְּבַקְשִׁי מָעֹוז מֵאֹויֵב׃ (3422)

12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

כָּל־מִבְצָרַיִךְ תְּאֵנִים עִם־בִּכּוּרִים אִם־יִנֹּועוּ וְנָפְלוּ עַל־פִּי אֹוכֵל׃ (1903)

See also: Isaiah 28:4, Revelation 6:13, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 30:25, Hosea 10:14, Nahum 2:13, Habakkuk 1:10

13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

הִנֵּה עַמֵּךְ נָשִׁים בְּקִרְבֵּךְ לְאֹיְבַיִךְ פָּתֹוחַ נִפְתְּחוּ שַׁעֲרֵי אַרְצֵךְ אָכְלָה אֵשׁ בְּרִיחָיִך׃ (3523)

See also: Jeremiah 51:30, Isaiah 3:12, Isaiah 19:16, Jeremiah 50:37, Nahum 2:6, Isaiah 45:1-2, Jeremiah 50:36, Nahum 3:15, Psalms 107:16, Psalms 147:13, Amos 1:5, Obadiah 1:9

14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

מֵי מָצֹור שַׁאֲבִי־לָךְ חַזְּקִי מִבְצָרָיִךְ בֹּאִי בַטִּיט וְרִמְסִי בַחֹמֶר הַחֲזִיקִי מַלְבֵּן׃ (2107)

See also: 2 Chronicles 32:3-4, Nahum 2:1, Genesis 11:3, Jeremiah 46:3-4, Exodus 1:14, 2 Chronicles 32:11, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 22:9-11, Isaiah 37:25, Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 46:9, Jeremiah 51:12, Joel 3:9-11

15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

ם תֹּאכְלֵךְ אֵשׁ תַּכְרִיתֵךְ חֶרֶב תֹּאכְלֵךְ כַּיָּלֶק הִתְכַּבֵּד כַּיֶּלֶק הִתְכַּבְּדִי כָּאַרְבֶּה׃ (3963)

See also: Joel 1:4, 2 Timothy 2:17, Amos 7:1, Nahum 2:13, Nahum 3:13, Exodus 10:13-15, Jeremiah 51:14, Jeremiah 51:27, Joel 2:25, Zephaniah 2:13, Revelation 9:3

16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

הִרְבֵּית רֹכְלַיִךְ מִכֹּוכְבֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם יֶלֶק פָּשַׁט וַיָּעֹף׃ (2085)

See also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Nehemiah 9:23, Jeremiah 33:22, Ezekiel 30:21

17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

מִנְּזָרַיִךְ כָּאַרְבֶּה וְטַפְסְרַיִךְ כְּגֹוב גֹּבָי הַחֹונִים בַּגְּדֵרֹות בְּיֹום קָרָה שֶׁמֶשׁ זָרְחָה וְנֹודַד וְלֹא־נֹודַע מְקֹומֹו אַיָּם׃ (3423)

See also: Jeremiah 51:27, Ezekiel 31:12, Revelation 9:7, Psalms 104:22, Jeremiah 50:36, Nahum 2:8, Revelation 9:3

18Thy 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.

נָמוּ רֹעֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר יִשְׁכְּנוּ אַדִּירֶיךָ נָפֹשׁוּ עַמְּךָ עַל־הֶהָרִים וְאֵין מְקַבֵּץ׃ (2849)

See also: Isaiah 56:10, Psalms 76:5, 1 Kings 22:17, Isaiah 13:14, Jeremiah 50:18, Jeremiah 51:57, Ezekiel 31:11, Zephaniah 2:13, Exodus 15:16, Psalms 76:6, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 56:9-10, Jeremiah 6:3, Jeremiah 51:39, Ezekiel 31:3-18, Ezekiel 32:22-23, Nahum 2:5-6, Revelation 6:15

19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

אֵין־כֵּהָה לְשִׁבְרֶךָ נַחְלָה מַכָּתֶךָ כֹּל ׀ שֹׁמְעֵי שִׁמְעֲךָ תָּקְעוּ כַף עָלֶיךָ כִּי עַל־מִי לֹא־עָבְרָה רָעָתְךָ תָּמִיד׃ (4554)