Nahum 3:1
Woe to the city of blood! She is all full of deceit and robbery; She ceaseth not from plunder.
Noyes Bible
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 24:9No more do they drink wine with the song; Strong drink is bitter to them that use it.
Ezekiel 22:2Punish, punish, son of man, the city of blood, and show her all her abominations, and say,
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood! Now will I make the pile for fire great.
Nahum 2:12The lion tore in pieces for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses, And filled his dens with prey, And his lairs with ravin.
Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town by blood, And establisheth 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 →