Nahum 3 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Habakkuk 1

¹The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

KJVThe burden^H4853 which Habakkuk^H2265 the prophet^H5030 did see^H2372^(H8804).

² Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

KJVO LORD^H3068, how long shall I cry^H7768^(H8765), and thou wilt not hear^H8085^(H8799)! even cry out^H2199^(H8799) unto thee of violence^H2555, and thou wilt not save^H3467^(H8686)!

³ Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

KJVWhy dost thou shew^H7200^(H8686) me iniquity^H205, and cause me to behold^H5027^(H8686) grievance^H5999? for spoiling^H7701 and violence^H2555 are before me: and there are that raise up^H5375^(H8799) strife^H7379 and contention^H4066.

⁴ Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

KJVTherefore the law^H8451 is slacked^H6313^(H8799), and judgment^H4941 doth never^H5331 go forth^H3318^(H8799): for the wicked^H7563 doth compass^H3803^(H8688) about the righteous^H6662; therefore wrong^H6127^(H8794) judgment^H4941 proceedeth^H3318^(H8799).

⁵ “Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe though it is told you.

KJVBehold^H7200^(H8798) ye among the heathen^H1471, and regard^H5027^(H8685), and wonder^H8539^(H8690) marvellously^H8539^(H8798): for I will work^H6466^(H8802) a work^H6467 in your days^H3117, which ye will not believe^H539^(H8686), though it be told^H5608^(H8792) you.

⁶ For, behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

KJVFor, lo, I raise up^H6965^(H8688) the Chaldeans^H3778, that bitter^H4751 and hasty^H4116^(H8737) nation^H1471, which shall march^H1980^(H8802) through the breadth^H4800 of the land^H776, to possess^H3423^(H8800) the dwellingplaces^H4908 that are not theirs.

⁷ They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

KJVThey are terrible^H366 and dreadful^H3372^(H8737): their judgment^H4941 and their dignity^H7613 shall proceed^H3318^(H8799) of themselves.

⁸ Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

KJVTheir horses^H5483 also are swifter^H7043^(H8804) than the leopards^H5246, and are more fierce^H2300^(H8804) than the evening^H6153 wolves^H2061: and their horsemen^H6571 shall spread^H6335^(H8804) themselves, and their horsemen^H6571 shall come^H935^(H8799) from far^H7350; they shall fly^H5774^(H8799) as the eagle^H5404 that hasteth^H2363^(H8804) to eat^H398^(H8800).

⁹ All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.

KJVThey shall come^H935^(H8799) all for violence^H2555: their faces^H6440 shall sup up^H4041 as the east wind^H6921, and they shall gather^H622^(H8799) the captivity^H7628 as the sand^H2344.

¹⁰ Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.

KJVAnd they shall scoff^H7046^(H8691) at the kings^H4428, and the princes^H7336^(H8802) shall be a scorn^H4890 unto them: they shall deride^H7832^(H8799) every strong hold^H4013; for they shall heap^H6651^(H8799) dust^H6083, and take^H3920^(H8799) it.

¹¹ Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.”

KJVThen shall his mind^H7307 change^H2498^(H8804), and he shall pass over^H5674^(H8799), and offend^H816^(H8804), imputing this^H2098 his power^H3581 unto his god^H433.

¹² Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

KJVArt thou not from everlasting^H6924, O LORD^H3068 my God^H430, mine Holy One^H6918? we shall not die^H4191^(H8799). O LORD^H3068, thou hast ordained^H7760^(H8804) them for judgment^H4941; and, O mighty God^H6697, thou hast established^H3245^(H8804) them for correction^H3198^(H8687).

¹³ You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

KJVThou art of purer^H2889 eyes^H5869 than to behold^H7200^(H8800) evil^H7451, and canst^H3201^(H8799) not look^H5027^(H8687) on iniquity^H5999: wherefore lookest^H5027^(H8686) thou upon them that deal treacherously^H898^(H8802), and holdest thy tongue^H2790^(H8686) when the wicked^H7563 devoureth^H1104^(H8763) the man that is more righteous^H6662 than he?

¹⁴ and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?

KJVAnd makest^H6213^(H8799) men^H120 as the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220, as the creeping things^H7431, that have no ruler^H4910^(H8802) over them?

¹⁵ He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

KJVThey take up^H5927^(H8689) all of them with the angle^H2443, they catch^H1641^(H8799) them in their net^H2764, and gather^H622^(H8799) them in their drag^H4365: therefore they rejoice^H8055^(H8799) and are glad^H1523^(H8799).

¹⁶ Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good.

KJVTherefore they sacrifice^H2076^(H8762) unto their net^H2764, and burn incense^H6999^(H8762) unto their drag^H4365; because by them^H1992 their portion^H2506 is fat^H8082, and their meat^H3978 plenteous^H1277.

¹⁷ Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

KJVShall they therefore empty^H7324^(H8686) their net^H2764, and not spare^H2550^(H8799) continually^H8548 to slay^H2026^(H8800) the nations^H1471?

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?

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