ASV_Strong : Nahum 3
1. Woe[H1945] to the bloody[H1818] city[H5892]! it is all full[H4392] of lies[H3585] and rapine[H6563]; the prey[H2964] departeth not[H4185].
2. The noise[H6963] of the whip[H7752], and the noise[H6963] of the rattling[H7494] of wheels[H212], and prancing[H1725] horses[H5483], and bounding[H7540] chariots[H4818],
3. the horseman[H6571] mounting[H5927], and the flashing[H1300] sword[H2719], and the glittering[H1300] spear[H2595], and a multitude[H7230] of slain[H2491], and a great[H3514] heap of corpses[H6297], and there is no end[H7097] of the bodies[H6297]; they stumble[H3782] upon their bodies[H1472];—
4. because of the multitude[H7230] of the whoredoms[H2183] of the well-favored[H2896] harlot[H2181], the mistress[H1172] of witchcrafts[H3785], that selleth[H4376] nations[H1471] through her whoredoms[H2183], and families[H4940] through her witchcrafts[H3785].
5. Behold[H5002], I am against thee, saith Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and I will uncover[H1540] thy skirts[H7757] upon thy face[H6440]; and I will show[H7200] the nations[H1471] thy nakedness[H4626], and the kingdoms[H4467] thy shame[H7036].
6. And I will cast[H7993] abominable filth[H8251] upon thee[H5034], and make thee vile, and will set[H7760] thee as a gazing-stock[H7210].
7. And it shall come to pass[H7200], that all they that look upon thee shall flee[H5074] from thee[H559], and say, Nineveh[H5210] is laid waste[H7703]: who will bemoan[H5110] her[H370]? whence shall I seek[H1245] comforters for thee[H5162]?
8. Art thou better[H3190] than No[H4996] - amon[H527], that was situate[H3427] among the rivers[H2975], that had the waters[H4325] round about[H5439] her[H2426]; whose rampart was the sea[H3220], and her wall[H2346] was of the sea[H3220]?
9. Ethiopia[H3568] and Egypt[H4714] were her strength[H6109], and it was infinite[H369]; Put[H6316] and Lubim[H3864] were thy helpers[H5833].
10. Yet was she carried away[H1473], she went[H1980] into captivity[H7628]; her young children[H5768] also were dashed in pieces[H7376] at the head[H7218] of all the streets[H2351]; and they cast[H3032] lots[H1486] for her honorable men[H3513], and all her great men[H1419] were bound[H7576] in chains[H2131].
11. Thou also shalt be drunken[H7937]; thou shalt be hid[H5956]; thou also shalt seek[H1245] a stronghold[H4581] because of the enemy[H341].
12. All thy fortresses[H4013] shall be like fig-trees[H8384] with the first-ripe[H1061] figs: if they be shaken[H5128], they fall[H5307] into the mouth[H6310] of the eater[H398].
13. Behold[H5971], thy people in the midst[H7130] of thee are women[H802]; the gates[H8179] of thy land[H776] are set wide[H6605] open[H6605] unto thine enemies[H341]: the fire[H784] hath devoured[H398] thy bars[H1280].
14. Draw[H7579] thee water[H4325] for the siege[H4692]; strengthen[H2388] thy fortresses[H4013]; go[H935] into the clay[H2916], and tread[H7429] the mortar[H2563]; make strong[H2388] the brickkiln[H4404].
15. There shall the fire[H784] devour[H398] thee[H2719]; the sword shall cut thee off[H3772]; it shall devour[H398] thee like the canker-worm[H3218]: make thyself many[H3513] as the canker-worm[H3218]; make thyself many[H3513] as the locust[H697].
16. Thou hast multiplied[H7235] thy merchants[H7402] above the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064]: the canker-worm[H3218] ravageth[H6584], and fleeth away[H5774].
17. Thy princes[H4502] are as the locusts[H697], and thy marshals[H2951] as the swarms of grasshoppers[H1462], which encamp[H2583] in the hedges[H1448] in the cold[H7135] day[H3117], but when the sun[H8121] ariseth[H2224] they flee away[H5074], and their place[H4725] is not known[H3045] where they are[H335].
18. Thy shepherds[H7462] slumber[H5123], O king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]; thy nobles[H117] are at rest[H7931]; thy people[H5971] are scattered[H6335] upon the mountains[H2022], and there is none to gather them[H6908].
19. There is no assuaging[H3545] of thy hurt[H7667]: thy wound[H4347] is grievous[H2470]: all that hear[H8085] the report[H8088] of thee clap[H8628] their hands[H3709] over thee[H7451]; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed[H5674] continually[H8548]?
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