Nahum 3:1

Nahum 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs.

Context of Nahum 3:1

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. 2The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;—

Nahum 3:1 word by word

ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• preyטֶ֫רֶףţereph · preyH2964

Cross-references for Nahum 3:1

• Isaiah 24:9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
• Ezekiel 22:2And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
• Ezekiel 24:6Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.
• Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!
• Nahum 2:12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
• Isaiah 17:14At eventide, behold, terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
• Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.
• Hosea 4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Commentaries on Nahum 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Wo to the bloody city! - Nineveh: the threatenings against which are continued in a strain of invective, astonishing for its richness, variety, and energy. One may hear and see the whip crack, the horses prancing, the wheels rumbling, the chariots bounding after the galloping steeds; the reflection from the drawn and highly polished swords; and the hurled spears, like gashes of lightning, dazzling the eyes; the slain lying in heaps, and horses and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Woe to the bloody city - Literally, “city of bloods”, i. e., of manifold bloodshedding, built and founded in blood Habakkuk 2:12; Jeremiah 22:13, as the prosperity of the world ever is. Murder, oppression, wresting of judgment, war out of covetousness, grinding or neglect of the poor, make it “a city of bloods.” Nineveh, or the world, is a city of the devil, as opposed to the “city of God.”: “Two sorts of love have made two sorts of cities; the earthly…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The sins and judgments of Nineveh. (1-7) Its utter destruction. (8-19) Verses 1-7 When proud sinners are brought down, others should learn not to lift themselves up. The fall of this great city should be a lesson to private persons, who increase wealth by fraud and oppression. They are preparing enemies for themselves; and if the Lord sees good to punish them in this world, they will have none to pity them. Every man who seeks his own prosperity, safety…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1city of blood: The Assyrians' extreme cruelty is well documented. They cut off body parts like noses, ears, hands, and feet. They executed people by impaling them on stakes. They piled severed heads in front of besieged city gates. They sometimes blinded victims and stripped their skin while still alive.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191. the bloody city!--literally, "city of blood," namely, shed by Nineveh; just so now her own blood is to be shed. robbery--violence [Maurer]. Extortion [Grotius]. the prey departeth not--Nineveh never ceases to live by rapine. Or, the Hebrew verb is transitive, "she (Nineveh) does not make the prey depart"; she ceases not to plunder.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 3:1

• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Depart
• Nahum, Book of
• Rattling
• Assyria
• Bloody
• Nahum; the Book of
• Robber; Robbery

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