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Nahum 3:5

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3:5I am against you,” declares the Lord who commands armies.27

“I will strip off your clothes!28

I will show your nakedness to the nations

and your shame to the kingdoms;

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Footnotes

  1. 27 Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” See the note on the expression “the Lord who commands armies” in .
  2. 28 Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.” Strip off your clothes. In the ancient Near East, the typical punishment for a prostitute was to strip her of her clothes publicly to expose her to open shame, embarrassment, and public ridicule. Because Nineveh had acted like a prostitute, the Lord would punish her as a prostitute.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.