Nahum 3:5
"Behold, I am against you," says the Lord of hosts, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
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In Context
6I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
Cross References
Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man."
Jeremiah 13:26Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.
Ezekiel 23:25I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Micah 1:11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame.The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out.The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
Habakkuk 2:16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of the Lord's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
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 →