# Nahum 3

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Woe to the city of blood,
full of lies,
full of plunder,
never without prey. [2] The crack of the whip,
the rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse
and bounding chariot! [3] Charging horseman,
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over their dead— [4] because of the many harlotries of the harlot,
the seductive mistress of sorcery,
who betrays nations by her prostitution
and clans by her witchcraft. [5] “Behold, I am against you,”
declares the LORD of Hosts.
“I will lift your skirts over your face.
I will show your nakedness to the nations
and your shame to the kingdoms. [6] I will pelt you with filth
and treat you with contempt;
I will make a spectacle of you. [7] Then all who see you
will recoil from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated;
who will grieve for her?’
Where can I find
comforters for you?” [8] Are you better than Thebes,
stationed by the Nile with water around her,
whose rampart was the sea,
whose wall was the water? [9] Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put and Libya were her allies. [10] Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her infants were dashed to pieces
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,
and all her nobles were bound in chains. [11] You too will become drunk;
you will go into hiding
and seek refuge from the enemy. [12] All your fortresses are fig trees
with the first ripe figs;
when shaken, they fall
into the mouth of the eater! [13] Look at your troops—
they are like your women!
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire consumes their bars. [14] Draw your water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Work the clay and tread the mortar;
repair the brick kiln! [15] There the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you down
and consume you like a young locust.
Make yourself many like the young locust;
make yourself many like the swarming locust! [16] You have multiplied your merchants
more than the stars of the sky.
The young locust strips the land
and flies away. [17] Your guards are like the swarming locust,
and your scribes like clouds of locusts
that settle on the walls on a cold day.
When the sun rises, they fly away,
and no one knows where. [18] O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered on the mountains
with no one to gather them. [19] There is no healing for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news of you
applaud your downfall,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?

## Places in this chapter

- **Nineveh** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/nineveh
- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Nile** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/nile
- **Libya** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/libya
- **Thebes** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/thebes
- **Put** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/put
- **Cush 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/cush-1

## Each verse

- Nahum 3:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/1
- Nahum 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/2
- Nahum 3:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/3
- Nahum 3:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/4
- Nahum 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/5
- Nahum 3:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/6
- Nahum 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/7
- Nahum 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/8
- Nahum 3:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/9
- Nahum 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/10
- Nahum 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/11
- Nahum 3:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/12
- Nahum 3:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/13
- Nahum 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/14
- Nahum 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/15
- Nahum 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/16
- Nahum 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/17
- Nahum 3:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/18
- Nahum 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/19