Nahum 3:4

Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the alluring zonah, 1 the ba'alat keshafim (the mistress of sorceries), 1 that enslaveth Goyim through her prostitutions, 1 and mishpochot through her keshafim; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

In Context

3The parash (horsemen, cavalry) charging, 1 the flash of the cherev and the glittering spear; 1 and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of dead bodies; 1 and there is no end of their geviyot (corpses); 1 they stumble over their geviyot; 1

5Hineni, I am against thee, saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1 and I will lift thy skirts over thy faces, 1 and I will show the Goyim thy nakedness, 1 and the mamlachot thy shame. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tzor shall be forgotten shiv'im shanah, according to the yamim of melech echad; after the end of shiv'im shanah shall Tzor sing as a zonah. 1

Isaiah 47:8Therefore hear now this, O adinah (voluptuous, wanton one) 1 that dwellest lavetach (carelessly, in security), 1 that sayest in her lev: 1 I am, and none else besides me; 1 I shall not live as an almanah, 1 neither shall I know shechol (the loss of children, bereavement); 1

Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments), 1 and with the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 wherein thou hast toiled from thy neurim; 1 perhaps thou shalt be able to succeed, 1 perhaps thou mayest cause terror. 1

Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O zonah, hear the Devar Hashem.

Revelation 18:2And he cried in a kol gadol, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Bavel Hagedolah. It has become a habitation of shedim (demons) and a beit hasohar of every ruach temei'ah (unclean spirit) and beit hasohar of every unclean bird and a beit hasohar of every unclean beast. And has become detestable, + 18:2 Isa 13:21,22; 34:11,13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14,15

Revelation 18:23And the ohr of a menorah would shine in you no more, and the kol (voice) of a choson (bridegroom) and of a kallah (bride) would be heard in you no more; because your merchants were the gedolim (the great) of ha'aretz (the earth), because by your kashefanut (sorcery) were all the Goyim deceived, + 18:23 Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; Isa 23:8; Nah 3:4

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:2-8

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the… Read the whole commentary →

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