Nahum 3:10

Good News Translation

Yet the people of Thebes were carried off into exile. At every street corner their children were beaten to death. Their leading men were carried off in chains and divided among their captors.

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

“Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked. “Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Job 6:27

You would even roll dice for orphan slaves and make yourselves rich off your closest friends!

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us—

Psalm 137:9

who take your babies and smash them against a rock.

Psalm 149:8

to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;

Isaiah 13:16

While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.”

Isaiah 13:6

Howl in pain! The day of the Lord is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction.

Isaiah 19:4

I will hand the Egyptians over to a tyrant, to a cruel king who will rule them. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Isaiah 20:4

The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt.

Lamentations 2:19

All through the night get up again and again to cry out to the Lord; Pour out your heart and beg him for mercy on your children— Children starving to death on every street corner!

Lamentations 4:1

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

Ezekiel 29:7

When they leaned on you, you broke, pierced their armpits, and made them wrench their backs.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria must be punished for rebelling against me. Her people will die in war; babies will be dashed to the ground, and pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Joel 3:3

They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.

Amos 1:13

The Lord says, “The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. In their wars for more territory they even ripped open pregnant women in Gilead.

Obadiah 1:11

You stood aside on that day when enemies broke down their gates. You were as bad as those strangers who carried off Jerusalem's wealth and divided it among themselves.