Nahum 3:1
Woe to the city full of blood! 1 It is all full of lies and stolen property; victims are always in her. 1
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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 no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it. 1
Ezekiel 22:2“Now you, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of blood? Make her know all her abominations.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the city of blood. I will also enlarge the pile of wood.
Nahum 2:12The lion tore his victims to pieces for his cubs; he strangled victims for his lionesses, 1 and filled his cave with victims, his dens with torn carcasses. 1
Habakkuk 2:12'Woe to the one who builds a city with blood, and who establishes a town in iniquity.' 2
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 →