Nahum 3:7

And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

6I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.

8Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:34And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

Jeremiah 15:5For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?

Jeremiah 51:41How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!

Nahum 1:1The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Revelation 18:10Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:2-8

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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