Nahum 3:1
הוֹי עִיר דָּמִים כֻּלָּהּ כַּחַשׁ פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה לֹא יָמִישׁ טָֽרֶף ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
In Context
2קוֹל שׁוֹט וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ אוֹפָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָֽה ׃
Cross References
Isaiah 24:9בַּשִּׁיר לֹא יִשְׁתּוּ ־ יָיִן יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָֽיו ׃
Nahum 2:12אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת וּמִרְעֶה הוּא לַכְּפִרִים אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם גּוּר אַרְיֵה וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד ׃
Habakkuk 2:12הוֹי בֹּנֶה עִיר בְּדָמִים וְכוֹנֵן קִרְיָה בְּעַוְלָֽה ׃
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 →