Tree of Life Version
Nahum 3:1
1Oy , bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs.
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
Oy , bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs. 2crack of whip, rattling of wheels, horse galloping, chariot jolting, 3horseman climbing up, blade of sword and flash of spear, Many slain, a mass of corpses —no end to the corpses— they stumble over their corpses!
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ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Nahum 3:1
- Isaiah 24:9They no longer drink wine with song. Liquor is bitter to those drinking it.
- Ezekiel 22:2“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? So explain to her all her abominations.
- Ezekiel 24:6Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “Oy to the city of bloodshed, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, whose rust will not come off it! Draw it out piece by piece —no lot would fall for it.
- Habakkuk 2:12Oy to him who builds a city by bloodshed, and establishes a town with injustice!
- Zephaniah 3:1Oy to the oppressive city— filthy and defiled!
- Nahum 2:12Where is the lions’ den, the feeding place for young lions— where the lion went for a lion’s cub— with nothing to disturb them?
- Isaiah 17:14At evening time—sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the reward of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob to the looter, Israel to the plunderers? Was it not Adonai? Have we not sinned against Him? In His ways they were unwilling to walk and His Torah they did not obey.
- Hosea 4:2Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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
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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
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