Nahum 3:1
O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.
Ezekiel 22:2And you, son of man, will you judge the bloody city? yes, declare you to her all her iniquities.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus says the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,
Nahum 2:12The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his young lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
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 →