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Nahum 3:16

Judgment

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

15 There 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.

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

17 Thy 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.

18 Thy 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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
KJV
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
WEB
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.
ASV
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
DARBY
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
BLB
You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of the heavens; the young locust strips [it] and flies away.
ÅB
Dine kremmere er flere enn himmelens stjerner; slikkerne bredte ut sine vinger og fløy bort.
OTB
Du har gjort dine handelsmenn mer tallrike enn himmelens stjerner—
Den krypende gresshoppen kaster sin hud og flyr bort.
B1930
Dine kremmere er flere enn himmelens stjerner; slikkerne bredte ut sine vinger og fløi bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:5

    And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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  • Genesis 22:17

    That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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  • Jeremiah 33:22

    As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

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  • Nehemiah 9:23

    Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

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