Nahum 3:6
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and defile thee, and will render thee a dirt-heap.
Leeser Tanakh
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 9:31Even then wouldst thou plunge me in the ditch, that my own clothes would render me abhorred.
Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Isaiah 14:16They that see thee will gaze at thee, will regard thee well, [saying,] “Is this the man that caused the earth to tremble, that made kingdoms quake?
Lamentations 3:16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Zephaniah 2:15This is the joyful city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become desolate, a resting-place for beasts! every one that passeth by her will hiss, and shake his hand.
Malachi 2:3Behold, I will destroy unto you the seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your festive offerings; and one shall take you away with 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 →