Nahum 3:6
And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
In Context
Cross References
Job 9:31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Isaiah 14:16They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Lamentations 3:16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
Zephaniah 2:15This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your hurt, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your sacrifices; and ye shall be taken away unto it.
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 →