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Nahum 3 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The LORD’s Judgment against Nineveh

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - What sorrow awaits Nineveh,
the city of murder and lies!
She is crammed with wealth
and is never without victims.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - Hear the crack of whips,
the rumble of wheels!
Horses’ hooves pound,
and chariots clatter wildly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - See the flashing swords and glittering spears
as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
people stumble over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - All this because Nineveh,
the beautiful and faithless city,
mistress of deadly charms,
enticed the nations with her beauty.
She taught them all her magic,
enchanting people everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:5 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - I will cover you with filth
and show the world how vile you really are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - All who see you will shrink back and say,
‘Nineveh lies in ruins.
Where are the mourners?’
Does anyone regret your destruction?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 - Are you any better than the city of Thebes,[fn]
situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?
She was protected by the river on all sides,
walled in by water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Ethiopia[fn] and the land of Egypt
gave unlimited assistance.
The nations of Put and Libya
were among her allies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet Thebes fell,
and her people were led away as captives.
Her babies were dashed to death
against the stones of the streets.
Soldiers threw dice[fn] to get Egyptian officers as servants.
All their leaders were bound in chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard.
You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses will fall.
They will be devoured like the ripe figs
that fall into the mouths
of those who shake the trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:13 - Your troops will be as weak
and helpless as women.
The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy
and set on fire and burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Get ready for the siege!
Store up water!
Strengthen the defenses!
Go into the pits to trample clay,
and pack it into molds,
making bricks to repair the walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:15 - But the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you down.
The enemy will consume you like locusts,
devouring everything they see.
There will be no escape,
even if you multiply like swarming locusts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Your merchants have multiplied
until they outnumber the stars.
But like a swarm of locusts,
they strip the land and fly away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your guards[fn] and officials are also like swarming locusts
that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day.
But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up,
all of them will fly away and disappear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king;
your princes lie dead in the dust.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:19 - There is no healing for your wound;
your injury is fatal.
All who hear of your destruction
will clap their hands for joy.
Where can anyone be found
who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew No-amon; also in 3:10.
Hebrew Cush.
Hebrew They cast lots.
Or princes.
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