Nahum 3:1
Alas for the city of bloodshed! All of it, deceit, of violence full, none releaseth prey!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 24:9With a song, they drink not wine,—Bitter is strong drink, to them who drink it:
Ezekiel 22:2Thou therefore son of man, Wilt thou judge wilt thou judge the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations?
Ezekiel 24:9Wherefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed,—Even I myself, will make large the pile.
Nahum 2:12The lion, used to tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and to strangle for his lionesses,—and then fill with prey his holes, and his lairs with what he had torn.
Habakkuk 2:12Alas! for him who buildeth a city with deeds of blood,—and establisheth a town with perversity.
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 →