Nahum 3:5
Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will discover thy shame to thy face, and will shew thy nakedness to the nations, and thy shame to kingdoms.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.
Cross References
Isaiah 47:3Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.
Jeremiah 13:26Wherefore I have also bared my thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.
Ezekiel 23:25And I will set my jealousy against thee, which they shall execute upon thee with fury: they shall cut off thy nose and thy ears: and what remains shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons, and thy daughters, and thy residue shall be devoured by fire.
Micah 1:11And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the Beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the House adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory.
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 →