Nahum 3:6
4 Because 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.
5 Behold, 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.
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
7 And 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?
8 Art 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?
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
- I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
- KJV
- And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
- WEB
- I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.
- ASV
- And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
- DARBY
- And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
- BLB
- And I will cast upon you abominations and I will treat you with contempt, and I will set you as a spectacle!
- ÅB
- og jeg vil kaste skarn på deg og føre vanære over deg og gjøre deg til et skuespill.
- OTB
- Jeg vil kaste skam over deg
Og gjøre deg foraktet,
Og sette deg opp som et skue. - B1930
- og jeg vil kaste skarn på dig og føre vanære over dig og gjøre dig til et skuespill.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Read in contextPsalms 38:5–7
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Read in contextJob 9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Read in contextNahum 1:14
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Read in contextHebrews 10:33
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Read in contextJob 30:8
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
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