Nahum 3:7

And it shall come to passe, that al they that looke vpon thee, shall flee from thee, and say, Nineueh is destroyed, who will haue pitie vpon her? where shall I seeke comforters for thee?

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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

6And I will cast filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gasing stocke.

8Art thou better then No, which was ful of people? that lay in the riuers, and had the waters round about it? whose ditche was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:34And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

Jeremiah 15:5Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? or who shalbe sorie for thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?

Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and howe is the glory of the whole earth taken! how is Babel become an astonishment among the nations!

Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineueh. The booke of the vision of Nahum the Elkeshite.

Revelation 18:10And shall stand a farre off for feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mightie citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.

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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