Nahum 3:15

There, shall a fire devour thee, the sword, shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the grass locust, make thyself numerous like the grass locust, make thyself numerous as the swarming locust:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

In Context

14Siege-water, draw for thyself, strengthen thy fortresses,—go into the clay, and tread thou the mortar, make strong the brick.

16Though thou have multiplied thy foot-soldiers beyond the stars of the heavens, the grass locust, hath stript itself and flown away!

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Cross References

Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and, Yahweh, caused an east wind to drive through the land, all that day, and all the night,—when the morning, had come, the east wind, had brought the locust.

Joel 2:25Then will I make good to you the years which were eaten by the swarming locust, the grass locust, and the corn locust and the creeping locust,—even my great army, which I sent among you.

Nahum 3:13Lo! thy people, are women, in thy midst, to thy foes, have been set wide open the gates of thy and,—a fire, hath devoured, thy bars.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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