Nahum 3:1
O bloody citie, it is all full of lyes, and robberie: the pray departeth not:
Geneva Bible 1599
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 shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.
Ezekiel 22:2Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge this bloody citie? wilt thou shew her all her abominations?
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith ye Lord God, Woe to the bloody citie, for I will make ye burning great.
Nahum 2:12The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.
Habakkuk 2:12Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
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 →