In the evening #– #sudden terror! Before morning #– #it is gone! This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who ravage us.
Nahum 3:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition WOE TO the bloody city! It is full of lies and booty and [there is] no end to the plunder! [Ezek. 24:6, 9, 10; Hab. 2:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. Common English Bible Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit, full of plunder: prey cannot get away. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee. |
In the evening #– #sudden terror! Before morning #– #it is gone! This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who ravage us.
They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it.
Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against him? They were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not listen to his instruction.
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
Beware, I am against you. This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. I will make your chariots go up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with injustice!