{"book":"Nahum","slug":"nahum","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Nahum","prev":"nahum/2","next":"habakkuk/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to the city of blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"full of lies,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"full of plunder,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"never without prey."}],"h":"Judgment on Nineveh","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The crack of the whip,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the rumble of the wheel,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"galloping horse"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and bounding chariot!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end — they stumble over their dead —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Charging horseman,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"flashing sword,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"shining spear;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"heaps of slain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"mounds of corpses,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"dead bodies without end —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they stumble over their dead —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because of the many harlotries of the harlot,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the seductive mistress of sorcery,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who betrays nations by her prostitution"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and clans by her witchcraft."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"“ 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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, I [am] against you,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD of Hosts."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will lift your skirts over your face."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will show your nakedness to the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your shame to the kingdoms."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will pelt you with filth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and treat you with contempt;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will make a spectacle of you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"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?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then all who see you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will recoil from you and say,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ Nineveh is devastated;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who will grieve for her?’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Where can I find"},{"style":"indent2","t":"comforters for you?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?","f":["Hebrew No-amon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Are you better than Thebes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"stationed by the Nile with water around her,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whose rampart was the sea,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose wall was the water?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.","f":["That is, the upper Nile region"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Put and Libya were her allies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet she became an exile;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she went into captivity."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Her infants were dashed to pieces"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the head of every street."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They cast lots for her dignitaries,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all her nobles were bound in chains."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You too will become drunk;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will go into hiding"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and seek refuge from the enemy."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All your fortresses are fig trees"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with the first ripe figs;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when shaken, they fall"},{"style":"indent2","t":"into the mouth of the eater!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Look at your troops — they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Look at your troops —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are like your women!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"The gates of your land"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are wide open to your enemies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"fire consumes their bars."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick [kiln]!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Draw your water for the siege;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"strengthen your fortresses."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Work the clay and tread the mortar;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"repair the brick [kiln]!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"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!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There the fire will devour you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the sword will cut you down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and consume you like a young locust."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Make yourself many like the young locust;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"make yourself many like the swarming locust!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have multiplied your merchants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"more than the stars of the sky."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The young locust strips the land"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and flies away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"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.","f":["Or princes","Or marshals"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your guards are like the swarming locust,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your scribes like clouds of locusts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that settle on the walls on a cold day."},{"style":"indent1","t":"When the sun rises, they fly away,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no one knows where."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your officers sleep."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your people are scattered on the mountains"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with no one to gather them."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"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?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There is no healing for your injury;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your wound is severe."},{"style":"indent1","t":"All who hear the news of you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"applaud your [downfall],"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for who has not experienced"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your constant cruelty?"}],"style":"indent1"}]}