Nahum 3:11

Thou also shalt be drunken, thou shalt be hid, 1 thou also shalt seek maoz from the enemy. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

In Context

10Yet she went into golus, 1 she went into captivity; 1 her olalim also were dashed in pieces 1 at the head of all the streets; 1 and they cast goral (lots) for her honorable men, 1 and all her gedolim were bound in chains. 1

12All thy strongholds shall be like te'enim (fig trees) with the first ripe figs; 1 if they be shaken, 1 they shall even fall into the peh (mouth) of the ochel (eater). 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:11And both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines); and the Pelishtim said, Hinei, the Ivrim (Hebrews) come forth out of the chorim (holes) where they had hid themselves.

Isaiah 2:10Enter into the Tzur, 1 and hide thee in the aphar, 1 for pachad Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty. 1

Isaiah 29:9Pause, and wonder? 1 Blind yourselves and be blind! 1 They are drunken, but not with yayin; 1 they stagger, but not with strong drink. 1

Isaiah 63:6And I will trample down the amim (nations) in Mine wrath, 1 and make them drunk in My fury, 1 and I will pour out the juice of their life blood down on the earth. 1

Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? 1 Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, 1 and let us perish there; 1 for Hashem Eloheinu hath made us to perish, 1 and given us mey rosh (poisonous water) to drink, 1 because we have sinned against Hashem. 1

Jeremiah 25:27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Drink ye, and become shikkor, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the cherev which I will send among you.

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 →

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