Nahum 3:1
Woe [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies — burglary — full, Prey doth not depart.
Young's Literal Translation
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 those drinking it.
Ezekiel 22:2'And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe [to] the city of blood, yea, I — I make great the pile.
Nahum 2:12The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.
Habakkuk 2:12Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
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 →