noyes - Nahum:3

noyes@Nahum:3:1 @ Woe to the city of blood! She is all full of deceit and robbery; She ceaseth not from plunder.

noyes@Nahum:3:2 @ The noise of the whip! The noise of the rattling of the wheels, And of the prancing horses, And of the bounding chariots!

noyes@Nahum:3:3 @ The horseman lifteth up the flame of the sword, And the lightning of the spear; There is a multitude of the slain; heaps of dead bodies; There is no end to the carcasses; they stumble over the carcasses.

noyes@Nahum:3:4 @ It is because of the many whoredoms of the harlot, The graceful beauty, the mistress of enchantments, That sold nations by her whoredoms, And kingdoms by her enchantments.

noyes@Nahum:3:5 @ Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of host, And I will lift up thy trail over thy face, And I will show the nations thy nakedness, And the kingdoms thy shame.

noyes@Nahum:3:6 @ And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, And I will dishonor thee, and make thee a gazingstock,

noyes@Nahum:3:7 @ And all that see thee shall flee from thee, And shall say, "Nineveh is laid waste; Who will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?"

noyes@Nahum:3:8 @ Art thou better than NoAmmon, That dwelt by the rivers, That had the waters round about her, Whose fortress was the sea, And whose wall was from the waters?

noyes@Nahum:3:9 @ Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, a countless multitude; Phut and Lybia were thy helpers!

noyes@Nahum:3:10 @ Yet was she carried away; she went into captivity; Her children were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; For her honorable men they cast lots, And all her great men were bound in chains.

noyes@Nahum:3:11 @ Thou also shalt drink to the full; Thou, too, shalt be hidden; Thou shalt seek a refuge from the enemy!

noyes@Nahum:3:12 @ All thy strongholds shall be like figtrees with the first ripe figs; If they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

noyes@Nahum:3:13 @ Behold, thy people shall be women in the midst of thee; The gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thine enemies; The fire shall devour thy bars.

noyes@Nahum:3:14 @ Draw thee water for the siege, Fortify thy strongholds. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar; Repair the brickkiln!

noyes@Nahum:3:15 @ Then shall the fire devour thee; The sword shall cut thee off, It shall devour thee like the locust; Though thou art increased like the locusts, Though thou art increased like the thick locusts.

noyes@Nahum:3:16 @ Thy merchants have been more numerous than the stars of heaven; The locusts spread themselves and fly away.

noyes@Nahum:3:17 @ Thy princes are like locusts, And thy captains like swarms of locusts, Which encamp in the hedges in the time of cold; But when the sun ariseth, they flee away, And the place is not known where they are.

noyes@Nahum:3:18 @ Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria! Thy nobles take their rest, Thy people are scattered on the mountains, and none gathereth them.

noyes@Nahum:3:19 @ Thy bruise is incurable; Thy wound is mortal. All that hear of thee shall clap their hands over thee; For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?