Nahum 3:10

Yet Thebes was carried away; she went into captivity; 1 her young children were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; 1 her enemies threw lots for her honorable men, 1 and all her great men were bound in chains. 1

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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.

In Context

9Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no end to it; 1 Put and Libya were allies to her. 1

11You also will become drunk; you will try to hide, 1 and you will also look for a refuge from your enemy. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 8:12Hazael asked, “Why do you weep, my master?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— 1 may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back 1 for what you have done to us. 1

Isaiah 13:16Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. 1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped. 1

Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! 1 Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. 1 Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who faint with hunger at the corner of every street.” 1

Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of you in their hand, you broke and tore open their shoulder; 1 and when they leaned on you, you were broken, and you caused their legs to be unsteady.

Joel 3:3They cast lots for my people, 1 traded a boy for a prostitute, 1 and sold a girl for wine 1 so they could drink. 1

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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