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Nahum 3

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 3

1 Woe to the city of blood! All of it is a lie, full of plunder; the prey is not removed.

2 The sound of a whip, and the sound of rattling of a wheel, and a galloping horse, and of a bounding chariot.

3 The horseman going up, and there is the gleam of the sword and the lightning of the spear, and many are slain, and a mass of corpses, and no end of bodies; they stumble on their corpses,

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Chapter Summary

The miserable ruin of Nineveh.

Key Hebrew Words

דָּם blood, bloodshed H1818 · TWOT 436
זְנוּנִים fornications, harlotries H2183 · TWOT 563a
כֶּ֫שֶׁף sorcery, witchcraft H3785 · TWOT 1051a
קָלוֹן shame, ignominy H7036 · TWOT 2024a
אַרְבֶּה locust H697 · TWOT 2103a
מַכָּה wound, fatal blow H4347 · TWOT 1364d

People & Context

Jehovah

Jehovah of Hosts, who declares Himself against bloody Nineveh, exposing her shame and casting filth on her (v5-6).

King of Assyria

Nineveh's ruler whose shepherds slumber and whose people are scattered with none to gather them (v18).

Timeline

Woe to the Bloody City

A woe is pronounced on Nineveh for being a city of lies and plunder, accompanied by the brutal sounds of bounding chariots and mass carnage.

Nahum 3:1-3
Exposure of Sorceries and Shame

Because of her sorceries and adulteries, God promises to expose Nineveh's nakedness, cast filth upon her, and make her a public spectacle with none to comfort her.

Nahum 3:4-7
Comparison to No Amon

Nineveh is taunted and compared to the powerful city of No Amon, which despite its strong defenses and allies, went into bitter exile and captivity.

Nahum 3:8-10

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