Nahum 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Nahum 3

¹Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.

KJVWoe^H1945 to the bloody^H1818 city^H5892! it is all full^H4392 of lies^H3585 and robbery^H6563; the prey^H2964 departeth^H4185^(H8686) not;

² The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

KJVThe noise^H6963 of a whip^H7752, and the noise^H6963 of the rattling^H7494 of the wheels^H212, and of the pransing^H1725^(H8802) horses^H5483, and of the jumping^H7540^(H8764) chariots^H4818.

³ the horseman charging, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies

KJVThe horseman^H6571 lifteth up^H5927^(H8688) both the bright^H3851 sword^H2719 and the glittering^H1300 spear^H2595: and there is a multitude^H7230 of slain^H2491, and a great^H3514 number of carcases^H6297; and there is none end^H7097 of their corpses^H1472; they stumble^H3782^(H8804)^(H8675)^H3782^(H8735) upon their corpses^H1472:

⁴ because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

KJVBecause of the multitude^H7230 of the whoredoms^H2183 of the wellfavoured^H2896^H2580 harlot^H2181^(H8802), the mistress^H1172 of witchcrafts^H3785, that selleth^H4376^(H8802) nations^H1471 through her whoredoms^H2183, and families^H4940 through her witchcrafts^H3785.

⁵ “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

KJVBehold, I am against thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; and I will discover^H1540^(H8765) thy skirts^H7757 upon thy face^H6440, and I will shew^H7200^(H8689) the nations^H1471 thy nakedness^H4626, and the kingdoms^H4467 thy shame^H7036.

⁶ I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.

KJVAnd I will cast^H7993^(H8689) abominable filth^H8251 upon thee, and make thee vile^H5034^(H8765), and will set^H7760^(H8804) thee as a gazingstock^H7210.

⁷ It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that all they that look^H7200^(H8802) upon thee shall flee^H5074^(H8799) from thee, and say^H559^(H8804), Nineveh^H5210 is laid waste^H7703^(H8795): who will bemoan^H5110^(H8799) her? whence^H370 shall I seek^H1245^(H8762) comforters^H5162^(H8764) for thee?

⁸ Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

KJVArt thou better^H3190^(H8686) than populous^H527^(H8675)^H528 No^H4996, that was situate^H3427^(H8802) among the rivers^H2975, that had the waters^H4325 round about^H5439 it, whose rampart^H2426 was the sea^H3220, and her wall^H2346 was from the sea^H3220?

⁹ Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

KJVEthiopia^H3568 and Egypt^H4714 were her strength^H6109, and it was infinite^H369^H7097; Put^H6316 and Lubim^H3864 were thy helpers^H5833.

¹⁰ Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

KJVYet was she carried away^H1473, she went^H1980^(H8804) into captivity^H7628: her young children^H5768 also were dashed in pieces^H7376^(H8792) at the top^H7218 of all the streets^H2351: and they cast^H3032^(H8804) lots^H1486 for her honourable men^H3513^(H8737), and all her great men^H1419 were bound^H7576^(H8795) in chains^H2131.

¹¹ You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

KJVThou also shalt be drunken^H7937^(H8799): thou shalt be hid^H5956^(H8737), thou also shalt seek^H1245^(H8762) strength^H4581 because of the enemy^H341^(H8802).

¹² All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs. If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

KJVAll thy strong holds^H4013 shall be like fig trees^H8384 with the firstripe figs^H1061: if they be shaken^H5128^(H8735), they shall even fall^H5307^(H8804) into the mouth^H6310 of the eater^H398^(H8802).

¹³ Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

KJVBehold, thy people^H5971 in the midst^H7130 of thee are women^H802: the gates^H8179 of thy land^H776 shall be set wide^H6605^(H8800) open^H6605^(H8738) unto thine enemies^H341^(H8802): the fire^H784 shall devour^H398^(H8804) thy bars^H1280.

¹⁴ Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

KJVDraw^H7579^(H8798) thee waters^H4325 for the siege^H4692, fortify^H2388^(H8761) thy strong holds^H4013: go^H935^(H8798) into clay^H2916, and tread^H7429^(H8798) the morter^H2563, make strong^H2388^(H8685) the brickkiln^H4404.

¹⁵ There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

KJVThere shall the fire^H784 devour^H398^(H8799) thee; the sword^H2719 shall cut thee off^H3772^(H8686), it shall eat thee up^H398^(H8799) like the cankerworm^H3218: make thyself many^H3513^(H8690) as the cankerworm^H3218, make thyself many^H3513^(H8690) as the locusts^H697.

¹⁶ You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.

KJVThou hast multiplied^H7235^(H8689) thy merchants^H7402^(H8802) above the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064: the cankerworm^H3218 spoileth^H6584^(H8804), and flieth away^H5774^(H8799).

¹⁷ Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

KJVThy crowned^H4502 are as the locusts^H697, and thy captains^H2951 as the great grasshoppers^H1462, which camp^H2583^(H8802) in the hedges^H1448 in the cold^H7135 day^H3117, but when the sun^H8121 ariseth^H2224^(H8804) they flee away^H5074^(H8776), and their place^H4725 is not known^H3045^(H8738) where^H335 they are.

¹⁸ Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

KJVThy shepherds^H7462^(H8802) slumber^H5123^(H8804), O king^H4428 of Assyria^H804: thy nobles^H117 shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) in the dust: thy people^H5971 is scattered^H6335^(H8738) upon the mountains^H2022, and no man gathereth^H6908^(H8764) them.

¹⁹ There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you, for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

KJVThere is no healing^H3545 of thy bruise^H7667; thy wound^H4347 is grievous^H2470^(H8737): all that hear^H8085^(H8802) the bruit^H8088 of thee shall clap^H8628^(H8804) the hands^H3709 over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness^H7451 passed^H5674^(H8804) continually^H8548?

WEB·Nahum 2

¹He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!

KJVHe that dasheth in pieces^H6327^(H8688) is come up^H5927^(H8804) before thy face^H6440: keep^H5341^(H8800) the munition^H4694, watch^H6822^(H8761) the way^H1870, make thy loins^H4975 strong^H2388^(H8761), fortify^H553^(H8761) thy power^H3581 mightily^H3966.

² For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 hath turned away^H7725^(H8804) the excellency^H1347 of Jacob^H3290, as the excellency^H1347 of Israel^H3478: for the emptiers^H1238^(H8802) have emptied them out^H1238^(H8804), and marred^H7843^(H8765) their vine branches^H2156.

³ The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.

KJVThe shield^H4043 of his mighty men^H1368 is made red^H119^(H8794), the valiant^H2428 men^H582 are in scarlet^H8529^(H8794): the chariots^H7393 shall be with flaming^H784 torches^H6393 in the day^H3117 of his preparation^H3559^(H8687), and the fir trees^H1265 shall be terribly shaken^H7477^(H8717).

⁴ The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

KJVThe chariots^H7393 shall rage^H1984^(H8704) in the streets^H2351, they shall justle one against another^H8264^(H8698) in the broad ways^H7339: they shall seem^H4758 like torches^H3940, they shall run^H7323^(H8787) like the lightnings^H1300.

⁵ He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

KJVHe shall recount^H2142^(H8799) his worthies^H117: they shall stumble^H3782^(H8735) in their walk^H1979; they shall make haste^H4116^(H8762) to the wall^H2346 thereof, and the defence^H5526^(H8802) shall be prepared^H3559^(H8717).

⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

KJVThe gates^H8179 of the rivers^H5104 shall be opened^H6605^(H8738), and the palace^H1964 shall be dissolved^H4127^(H8738).

⁷ It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

KJVAnd Huzzab^H5324^(H8717) shall be led away captive^H1540^(H8795), she shall be brought up^H5927^(H8717), and her maids^H519 shall lead^H5090^(H8764) her as with the voice^H6963 of doves^H3123, tabering^H8608^(H8781) upon their breasts^H3824.

⁸ But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

KJVBut Nineveh^H5210 is of old^H3117 like a pool^H1295 of water^H4325: yet they shall flee away^H5127^(H8801). Stand^H5975^(H8798), stand^H5975^(H8798), shall they cry; but none shall look back^H6437^(H8688).

⁹ Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

KJVTake ye the spoil^H962^(H8798) of silver^H3701, take the spoil^H962^(H8798) of gold^H2091: for there is none end^H7097 of the store^H8498 and glory^H3519 out of all the pleasant^H2532 furniture^H3627.

¹⁰ She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

KJVShe is empty^H950, and void^H4003, and waste^H1110^(H8794): and the heart^H3820 melteth^H4549^(H8738), and the knees^H1290 smite together^H6375, and much pain^H2479 is in all loins^H4975, and the faces^H6440 of them all gather^H6908^(H8765) blackness^H6289.

¹¹ Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?

KJVWhere is the dwelling^H4583 of the lions^H738, and the feedingplace^H4829 of the young lions^H3715, where the lion^H738, even the old lion^H3833, walked^H1980^(H8804), and the lion's^H738 whelp^H1482, and none made them afraid^H2729^(H8688)?

¹² The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.

KJVThe lion^H738 did tear in pieces^H2963^(H8802) enough^H1767 for his whelps^H1484, and strangled^H2614^(H8764) for his lionesses^H3833, and filled^H4390^(H8762) his holes^H2356 with prey^H2964, and his dens^H4585 with ravin^H2966.

¹³ “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

KJVBehold, I am against thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and I will burn^H1197^(H8689) her chariots^H7393 in the smoke^H6227, and the sword^H2719 shall devour^H398^(H8799) thy young lions^H3715: and I will cut off^H3772^(H8689) thy prey^H2964 from the earth^H776, and the voice^H6963 of thy messengers^H4397 shall no more be heard^H8085^(H8735).

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