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Nahum 3:5–6

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5I am against you. q

This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

I will lift your skirts over your face

and display your nakedness to nations,

your shame to kingdoms. r

6I will throw filth on you

and treat you with contempt; s

I will make a spectacle of you.

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Cross references

  1. q3:5 Nah 2:13
  2. r3:5 Is 47:3; Jr 13:22, 26; Ezk 16:37; 23:29
  3. s3:6 Ps 107:40; Is 16:14; Dn 12:2; Mc 6:16; Mal 2:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, I am against you,

declares the Lord of hosts,

and will lift up your skirts over your face;

and I will make nations look at your nakedness

and kingdoms at your shame.

I will throw filth at you

and treat you with contempt

and make you a spectacle.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty.

“I will lift your skirts over your face.

I will show the nations your nakedness

and the kingdoms your shame.

I will pelt you with filth,

I will treat you with contempt

and make you a spectacle.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am against you.

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.

I will throw filth on you

and treat you with contempt;

I will make a spectacle of you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I am your enemy!”

says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“And now I will lift your skirts

and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.

I will cover you with filth

and show the world how vile you really are.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Look! I am against you!” declares Yahweh of hosts.

“I will strip up your skirts over your face;

I will let nations look at your nakedness, and kingdoms your shame.

“I will throw filth upon you,

I will treat you with contempt,

I will make you a spectacle.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts;

And I will discover thy skirts upon thy face,

And I will shew the nations thy nakedness,

And the kingdoms thy shame.

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,

And will set thee as a gazingstock.