Nahum 3:7

It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

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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

6I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.

8Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

Jeremiah 15:5For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?

Jeremiah 51:41“How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

Nahum 1:1A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Revelation 18:10standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’

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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