Nahum 3:7

Nahum 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (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?
• New International Version (NIV)All who see you will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, "Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?" Where shall I seek comforters for you?
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall come to pass that all who look upon you Will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her?’ Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

Context of Nahum 3:7

5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts, “And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And I will let the nations look at your nakedness [O Nineveh] And the kingdoms at your disgrace. 6I will throw filth on you And make you vile and treat you with contempt, And set you up as a spectacle. And it will come about that all who see you Will shrink back and run from you and say, ‘Nineveh is completely ruined! Who will grieve for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?” 8Are you better than Thebes, Which was situated by the waters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose defense was the sea (the Nile), Whose wall consisted of the sea? 9Ethiopia was her strength, And Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers.

Nahum 3:7 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה כָל־רֹאַ֙יִךְ֙ יִדּ֣וֹד מִמֵּ֔ךְ וְאָמַר֙ שָׁדְּדָ֣ה נִֽינְוֵ֔ה מִ֖י יָנ֣וּד לָ֑הּ מֵאַ֛יִן אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁ מְנַחֲמִ֖ים לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• all they that lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• upon thee shall fleeנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074
• from thee, and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Ninevehנִינְוֵהnîynevêh · NinevehH5210
• is laid wasteשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• who will bemoanנוּדnûd · to wanderH5110
• her? whenceאַ֫יִן'ayin · where?H370
• shall I seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• comfortersנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for Nahum 3:7

• Numbers 16:34All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us also.”
• Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Babylon, but she was not to be healed. Abandon her and let each [captive] return to his own country, For her guilt and judgment have reached to heaven And are lifted up to the very skies.
• Revelation 18:10standing a long way off, in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! In a single hour your judgment has come.’
• Nahum 2:9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasure— Wealth from every precious object.
• Jeremiah 51:41“How Sheshak (Babylon) has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and an object of horror among the nations!
• Revelation 18:16saying, ‘Woe, woe, for the great city that was robed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, gilded and adorned with gold, with precious stones, and with pearls;
• Isaiah 51:19These two tragedies have befallen you; Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you? The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants]; How shall I comfort you?
• Jeremiah 15:5“For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
• Lamentations 2:13How shall I console you? To what shall I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare you, so that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?

Commentaries on Nahum 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Who will bemoan her? - In such cases, who pities the delinquent? She has been the occasion of ruin to multitudes, and now she is deservedly exposed and punished. And so it should be thought concerning Nineveh.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All they that look upon thee shall flee from thee - through terror, lest they should share her plagues, as Israel did, when the earth swallowed up Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and they who “had been made rich by Babylon, stand ajar off, for the fear of her torment. All they who look on thee” Revelation 18:15. She was set as a thing to be “gazed at.” He tells the effect on the gazers. “Each one who so gazed” at her should flee; one by one, they should gaze…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. all ... that look upon thee--when thou hast been made "a gazing stock" (Na 3:6). shall flee from thee--as a thing horrible to look upon. Compare "standing afar off," Re 18:10. whence shall I seek comforters for thee?--Compare Is 51:19, which Nahum had before his mind.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Nineveh
• Nineveh, Ninevite
• Depart
• Rattling
• Daughter
• Nahum; the Book of

Commentaries on Nahum 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings