Nahum 3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the kokhavim of HaShomayim; 1 but, like the locust, they strip the land, then fly away. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

In Context

15There shall the eish devour thee, 1 the cherev shall consume thee, 1 it shall eat thee up like the grasshopper. 1 Make thyself many as the grasshopper, 1 make thyself many as the arbeh (locust). 1

17Thy commanders are as the swarming locusts, 1 and thy officials as the great grasshoppers, 1 which camp in the hedges on a cold day, 1 but when the shemesh ariseth they flee away, 1 and their place is whereabouts unknown. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 15:5And He brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward Shomayim, and count the kokhavim, if thou be able to number them; and He said unto him, So shall thy zera be.

Nehemiah 9:23Their children also multipliedst Thou as the kokhavim of Shomayim, and broughtest them into Ha'Aretz, concerning which Thou hadst promised to their avot, that they should go in to possess it.

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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