Nahum 3

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8	לָ֑הּ
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ESV

1	Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder- no end to the prey!
2	The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
3	Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end- they stumble over the bodies!
4	And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.
5	Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will make nations look at your nakedness and kingdoms at your shame.
6	I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
7	And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her? Where shall I seek comforters for you?
8	Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
9	Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.
10	Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11	You also will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12	All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs- if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater.
13	Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
14	Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold!
15	There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!
16	You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17	Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold- when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are.
18	Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.
19	There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?

NIV

1	Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
2	The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!
3	Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses-
4	all because of the wanton lust of a harlot, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft.
5	“I am against you,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.
6	I will pelt you with filth, I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
7	All who see you will flee from you and say, 'Nineveh is in ruins-who will mourn for her?' Where can I find anyone to comfort you?“
8	Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.
9	Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were among her allies.
10	Yet she was taken captive and went into exile. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains.
11	You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
12	All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
13	Look at your troops- they are all women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars.
14	Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!
15	There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and, like grasshoppers, consume you. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts!
16	You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.
17	Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day- but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where.
18	O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
19	Nothing can heal your wound; your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty?

NLT

1	What sorrow awaits Nineveh, the city of murder and lies! She is crammed with wealth and is never without victims.
2	Hear the crack of whips, the rumble of wheels! Horses' hooves pound, and chariots clatter wildly.
3	See the flashing swords and glittering spears as the charioteers charge past! There are countless casualties, heaps of bodies– so many bodies that people stumble over them.
4	All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all her magic, enchanting people everywhere.
5	“I am your enemy!” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “And now I will lift your skirts and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.
6	I will cover you with filth and show the world how vile you really are.
7	All who see you will shrink back and say, 'Nineveh lies in ruins. Where are the mourners?' Does anyone regret your destruction?“
8	Are you any better than the city of Thebes, situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water? She was protected by the river on all sides, walled in by water.
9	Ethiopia and the land of Egypt gave unlimited assistance. The nations of Put and Libya were among her allies.
10	Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers cast lots to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains.
11	And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard. You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.
12	All your fortresses will fall. They will be devoured like the ripe figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the trees.
13	Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned.
14	Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds, making bricks to repair the walls.
15	But the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. The enemy will consume you like locusts, devouring everything they see. There will be no escape, even if you multiply like swarming locusts.
16	Your merchants have multiplied until they outnumber the stars. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and fly away.
17	Your guards and officials are also like swarming locusts that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day. But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up, all of them will fly away and disappear.
18	Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king; your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.
19	There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear of your destruction will clap their hands for joy. Where can anyone be found who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?

LXX

1
2	ἀναβράσσοντος
3	τραυματιῶν
4	ἐπιχαρὴς φαρμάκων φαρμάκοις
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6	ἐπιρρίψω βδελυγμὸν παράδειγμα
7	ἀποπηδήσεται ἐρεῖ Δειλαία Νινευη στενάξει
8	χορδήν Αμων κύκλῳ
9	Αἰθιοπία Λίβυες ἐγένοντο
10	μεγιστᾶνες χειροπέδαις
11	ὑπερεωραμένη
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13	μοχλούς
14	ἐπίσπασαι κατακράτησον ἔμβηθι κατακράτησον πλίνθον
15	ἐξολεθρεύσει βροῦχος
16	βροῦχος ἐξεπετάσθη
17	ἀττέλεβος σύμμικτός πάγους ἀνέτειλεν ἀφήλατο ἔγνω
18	Ἀσσύριος ἐκοίμισεν
19	συντριβῇ ἐφλέγμανεν κροτήσουσιν

KJV

1	Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2	The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3	The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
4	Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
5	Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6	And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
7	And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8	Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
9	Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10	Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11	Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
12	All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
13	Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14	Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15	There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16	Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
17	Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18	Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
19	There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

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