Nahum 3:1
Hoy (woe) to the ir damim (bloody city)! 1 It is all full of lies and booty; 1 no end to the plunder; 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 24:9They shall not drink yayin with a shir (song); 1 shechar (liquor, strong drink) shall be bitter to them that drink it. 1
Ezekiel 22:2Now, thou ben adam, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the ir hadamim (bloody city)? V'hoda'tah (thou shalt show, make to know, arraign) her all her to'avot (abominations).
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Oy to the ir hadamim (bloody city)! I will even make the pyre great.
Nahum 2:12Where is the ma'on arayot (den of lions), 1 and the feeding place of the young lions, 1 where the aryeh, even the lioness, 1 walked with their cubs, and none made them afraid? 1
Habakkuk 2:12Hoy (Woe) to him that buildeth a town with [shefach] dahm, 1 and foundeth a city by iniquity! 1
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 →