Nahum 3:1-10 ▼

1 Ah! The bloody city, all lies, Full of plunder, whose looting never stops!

2 The crack of the whip, the rumbling of wheels; Horses galloping, chariots bounding,

3 Cavalry charging, the flash of the sword, the gleam of the spear; A multitude of slain, a mass of corpses, Endless bodies to stumble upon!

4 For the many debaucheries of the prostitute, a charming mistress of witchcraft, Who enslaved nations with her prostitution, and peoples by her witchcraft:

5 I now come against you— oracle of the LORD of hosts— and I will lift your skirt above your face; I will show your nakedness to the nations, to the kingdoms your shame!

6 I will cast filth upon you, disgrace you and make you a spectacle;

7 Until everyone who sees you runs from you saying, “Nineveh is destroyed; who can pity her? Where can I find any to console you?”

8 Are you better than No-amon that was set among the Nile’s canals, Surrounded by waters, with the river for her rampart and water for her wall?

9 Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt without end; Put and the Libyans were her allies.

10 Yet even she became an exile, and went into captivity; Even her little ones were dashed to pieces at the corner of every street; For her nobles they cast lots, and all her great ones were put into chains.