Nahum 3:10
Yet was she carried away; she went into captivity; Her children were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; For her honorable men they cast lots, And all her great men were bound in chains.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, a countless multitude; Phut and Lybia were thy helpers!
Cross References
Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!
Isaiah 13:16Their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out thy heart like water before the face of Jehovah! Lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy young children, That faint for hunger at the head of all the streets!
Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of thee by thy handle, thou didst break and pierce their whole shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst go to pieces, and madest all their loins to shake.
Joel 3:3Yea, they cast lots for my people, And gave a boy for a harlot, And sold a damsel for wine to drink.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19
The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →