Nahum 3:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Doom to the crime capital! Nineveh, city of murder and treachery,

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening their attack is fierce, but by morning they are destroyed. This is what happens to those who raid and rob us.

Isaiah 24:9

They no longer sing as they drink their wine, and it tastes sour.

Isaiah 42:24

Israel sinned and refused to obey the LORD or follow his instructions. So the LORD let them be robbed of everything they owned.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Nahum 2:12

These are the same lions that ferociously attacked their victims, then dragged away the flesh to feed their young.

Nahum 2:13

The LORD All-Powerful, is against you, Nineveh. God will burn your chariots and send an army to kill those young lions of yours. You will never again make victims of others or send messengers to threaten everyone on this earth.

Habakkuk 2:12

You're doomed! You built a city on crime and violence.