Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3 The 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:
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- KJV
- Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
- WEB
- Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.
- ASV
- Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
- DARBY
- Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.
- BLB
- Woe [to] the city of bloodshed. All of it [is] a lie, full of plunder—[its] prey does not depart—
- ÅB
- Ve blodstaden, helt igjennom full av løgn og vold! Aldri holder den opp å røve.
- OTB
- Ve den blodige byen, full av løgn og plyndring;
Byttet hennes viker aldri. - B1930
- Ve blodstaden, helt igjennem full av løgn og vold! Aldri holder den op å røve.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Read in contextZephaniah 3:1–3
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Read in contextEzekiel 24:6–9
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Read in contextHosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:2–3
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Read in contextNahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:24
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:14
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
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