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Nahum 3:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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I will pull your skirts up over your face so that your shame might be seen.


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.


They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked,  so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your depravity and promiscuity.


And when you ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? ’ it is because of your great guilt that your skirts have been stripped off, your body exposed.


You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory. You also #– #drink, and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.


I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased   #– #all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness  to them so that they see you completely naked.


Depart in shameful nakedness, you residents of Shaphir; the residents of Zaanan  will not come out. Beth-ezel is lamenting; its support  is taken from you.


When I vent my jealous fury on you,  they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and the rest of you  will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be consumed by fire.


Look, I am against you, you arrogant one – this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies – for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.


and say to it, “This is what the Lord says: I am against you.  I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.


therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre!  I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves.





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