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Nahum 3:7

Nineveh
Judgment

5 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

6 I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

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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
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
KJV
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?
WEB
It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”
ASV
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?
DARBY
And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
BLB
And it will come to pass [that] all seeing you will flee from you, and will say, ‘Nineveh is devastated. Who will bemoan for her?’ From where should I seek comforters for you?”
ÅB
Og det skal skje at hver den som ser deg, skal flykte bort fra deg og si: Ødelagt er Ninive! Hvem vil ha medynk med det? Hvor skal jeg søke etter trøstere for deg?
OTB
Og det skal skje at alle som ser deg
Vil vike unna deg og si,
‘Nineve er ødelagt!
Hvem vil vise henne medfølelse?’
Hvor skal jeg finne trøstere for deg?”
B1930
Og det skal skje at hver den som ser dig, skal fly bort fra dig og si: Ødelagt er Ninive! Hvem vil ha medynk med det? Hvor skal jeg søke efter trøstere for dig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 51:19

    These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

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  • Jeremiah 15:5

    Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

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  • Revelation 18:10

    In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

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  • Lamentations 2:13

    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

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  • Jeremiah 51:9

    “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

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  • Numbers 16:34

    At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

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  • Nahum 1:1

    This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

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  • Nahum 2:9–10

    “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

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