Nahum 3:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Woe to the city of blood! All of it is a lie, filled with plunder, the prey is not lacking.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

Common English Bible

¹ Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit, full of plunder: prey cannot get away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:

Nahum 3:1 Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. And do not become vain in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Isaiah 17:14

At eventide, look! Alarm! Before morning, it is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

Isaiah 24:9

No more do they drink wine with a song, strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Yaʽ

Hosea 4:2

“Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Nahum 2:12

The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

Nahum 2:13

“See, I am against you,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “and I shall burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword devour your young lions. And I shall cut off your prey from the earth, and no longer is the voice of your messengers heard.”

Habakkuk 2:12

“Woe to him who builds a town by blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness!