Nahum 3:1
Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 24:9They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Ezekiel 22:2And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
Nahum 2:12The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.
Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:1
This chapter goes on with the burden of Nineveh, and concludes it. I. The sins of that great city are charged upon it, murder ( ver. 1 ), whoredom and witchcraft ( ver. 4 ), and a general extent of wickedness, ver. 19 . II. Judgments are here threatened against it, blood for blood ( ver. 2, 3 ), and shame for shameful sins, ver. 5-7 . III. Instances are given of the like desolations brought upon other places for the like sins, ver. 8-11 . IV. The overthrow of all those things which they depended upon, and put… Read the whole commentary →