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

5I am against you. This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. I will lift your skirts over your face and display your nakedness to nations, your shame to kingdoms. 6I will throw filth on you and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you. Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying, “Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her?” Where can I find anyone to comfort you? 8Are you better than Thebes that sat along the Nile with water surrounding her, whose rampart was the sea, the river her wall? 9Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength; Put and Libya were among her allies.

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 16:34At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, “The earth may swallow us too!”
• Jeremiah 51:9We 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 as far as the clouds.
• Revelation 18:10They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come.
• Nahum 2:9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
• Jeremiah 51:41How Sheshak has been captured, the praise of the whole earth seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
• Revelation 18:16saying, Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls;
• Isaiah 51:19These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I comfort you?
• Jeremiah 15:5Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will show sympathy toward you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?
• Lamentations 2:13What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter 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