Nahum 3:7

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee 1 shall flee from thee, and say: 1 Nineveh is in ruins; who will bemoan her? 1 From where shall I seek menachamim (comforters) for thee? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

In Context

6And I ( Hashem ) will cast abominable filth upon thee, 1 and make thee contemptibly vile, and will make thee a spectacle. 1

8Art thou better than No Amon (Thebes), 1 that was situated on the Nile, that had the mayim round about it, 1 whose rampart was the yam, and her waters were her chomah? 1

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Cross References

Numbers 16:34And Kol Yisroel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest ha'aretz swallow us up also.

Jeremiah 15:5For who shall have pity upon thee, O Yerushalayim? 1 Or who shall mourn thee? 1 Or who shall go aside to inquire regarding the shalom of thee? 1

Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach + 51:41 Babylon taken! 1 And how is the tehillat kol ha'aretz seized! 1 How is Bavel become a horror to behold among the Goyim! 1

Nahum 1:1The burden concerning Nineveh. The sefer chazon (book of the vision) of Nachum of Elkosh. 1

Revelation 18:10They will stand afar off, because of the fear of her torment, saying ‘Oy, oy to the Ir Hagedolah, Bavel the strong city, because in one hour came the mishpat of you.’

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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