Nahum 3:6

And I shall cast out on thee thine abominations, and I shall punish thee with despites, and I shall put thee into ensample. (And I shall cast out upon thee thy abominations, and I shall punish thee with despising, and I shall make thee into an example.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

In Context

5Lo! I to thee, saith the Lord God of hosts; and I shall show thy shameful things in thy face; and I shall show to folks thy nakedness, and to realms thine evil fame, either shame. (Behold! I am against thee, saith the Lord God of hosts; and I shall show thy shameful, (or thy private), parts in public; yea, I shall show thy nakedness to the nations, and thy shame to every kingdom.)

7And it shall be, each man that shall see thee, shall leap away from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is destroyed. Who shall move head on thee? whereof shall I seek to thee a comforter? (And it shall be, that all who shall see thee, shall leap away from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is destroyed. Who shall shake their head in pity over thee? And now where shall I find a comforter for thee?)

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Cross References

Job 9:31nevertheless thou shalt dip me in filths, and my clothes shall hold, or show, me abominable.

Job 30:19I am comparisoned to clay, and I am made like to a dead spark and ashes.

Isaiah 14:16They that shall see thee, shall be bowed down to thee, and shall behold thee. (And they shall say), Whether this is the man, that troubled [the] earth, that shook together realms? (or And they shall say, Is this the man, who troubled the earth, who shook the kingdoms?)

Lamentations 3:16He brake at number my teeth (or He broke my teeth on gravel); he fed me with ashes.

Zephaniah 2:15This is the glorious city dwelling in trust, which said in her heart, I am, and there is none other more without me. How is it made unto desert, a couch of beast; each man that shall pass by it, shall hiss, and shall move his hand. (This is the glorious city living in false trust, which said in her heart, I am, and there is no other besides me. How it shall be made into a desert, (or into a wilderness), yea, a den for beasts! Everyone who shall pass by it, shall hiss, and shall wave their hands, (or shall shake their fists).)

Malachi 2:3Lo! I shall cast forth to you the arm, and I shall scatter on your face the drit of your solemnities, and it shall take you with it. (Behold! I shall cut off your arms, (that is, I shall punish your children), and I shall rub the dirt, (or the dung), from (the animals that you offer at) your solemn feasts, all over your faces, and then you shall be taken away with it.)

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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