Nahum 3:1–7

NINEVEH’S DOWNFALL

3 Woe to the city of blood,v

totally deceitful,

full of plunder,

never without prey.w

2 The crack of the whip

and rumble of the wheel,

galloping horse

and jolting chariot!x

3 Charging horseman,

flashing sword,

shining spear;

heaps of slain,

mounds of corpses,y

dead bodies without endz—

they stumble over their dead.

4 Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,

the attractive mistress of sorcery,

who treats nations and clans like merchandise

by her prostitution and sorcery,aa

5 I am against you.ab

This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

I will lift your skirts over your face

and display your nakedness to nations,

your shame to kingdoms.ac

6 I will throw filth on you

and treat you with contempt;ad

I will make a spectacle of you.

7 Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,ae

“Nineveh is devastated;

who will show sympathy to her?”

Where can I find anyone to comfort you?