Nahum 3:10

Nahum 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet she was taken captive and went into exile. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers threw dice to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains.

Context of Nahum 3:10

8Are you better than No Amon That was situated by the River, That had the waters around her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the sea? 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers. Yet she was carried away, She went into captivity; Her young children also were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound in chains. 11You also will be drunk; You will be hidden; You also will seek refuge from the enemy. 12All your strongholds are fig trees with ripened figs: If they are shaken, They fall into the mouth of the eater.

Nahum 3:10 word by word

גַּם־הִ֗יא לַגֹּלָה֙ הָלְכָ֣ה בַשֶּׁ֔בִי גַּ֧ם עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֑וֹת וְעַל־נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙ יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֔ל וְכָל־גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָ רֻתְּק֥וּ בַזִּקִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• she carried awayגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• she wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• into captivityשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628
• her young childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• also were dashed in piecesרָטַשׁrâţash · to dash in piecesH7376
• at the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of all the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• and they castיָדַדyâdad · to cast a lotH3032
• lotsגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• for her honourable menכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• and all her great menגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• were boundרָתַקrâthaq · to bindH7576
• in chainsזֵקzîyqâh ziq zêq · fetterH2131

Cross-references for Nahum 3:10

• Psalms 33:16No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
• Isaiah 20:4so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
• 2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”
• Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria is held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child ripped open.
• Amos 1:13Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory.
• Lamentations 2:19“Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become dim! How changed the fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street.
• Joel 3:3They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
• Obadiah 1:11In the day that you stood on the other side— In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem— Even you were as one of them.

Commentaries on Nahum 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They cast lots for her honorable men - This refers still to the city called populous No. And the custom of casting lots among the commanders, for the prisoners which they had taken, is here referred to. Great men were bound in chains - These were reserved to grace the triumph of the victor.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Yet was she - (also ) carried away, literally, “She also became an exile band,” her people were carried away, with all the barbarities of pagan war. All, through whom she might recover, were destroyed or scattered abroad; “the young,” the hope of another age, cruelly destroyed (see Hosea 14:1-9; Isaiah 13:16; 2 Kings 8:12); “her honorable men” enslaved (see Joel 3:3), “all her great men prisoners.” God‘s judgments are executed step by step. Assyria…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Strong-holds, even the strongest, are no defence against the judgments of God. They shall be unable to do any thing for themselves. The Chaldeans and Medes would devour the land like canker-worms. The Assyrians also would be eaten up by their own numerous hired troops, which seem to be meant by the word rendered "merchants." Those that have done evil to their neighbours, will find it come home to them. Nineveh, and many other cities, states…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Assyrians, led by King Ashurbanipal, conquered Thebes in 663 BC. Before this, Thebes seemed unbeatable with strong defenses and support from Egypt and its allies: Ethiopia, Put (possibly the legendary land of Punt, located near what is now coastal Somalia), and Libya. However, these allies did not protect Thebes effectively. infants were dashed to pieces: In the ancient world, conquering armies sometimes killed the infants of their enemies. This cruel…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Notwithstanding all her might, she was overcome. cast lots for her honourable men--They divided them among themselves by lot, as slaves (Joe 3:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 3:10

• War

In the dictionaries

• Captive
• Depart
• Ethiopia
• Prophecy
• Rattling
• Nahum; the Book of
• Siege

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