Nahum 3:15

Good News Translation

No matter what you do, you will still be burned to death or killed in battle. You will be wiped out like crops eaten up by locusts. You multiplied like locusts!

Cross References

Isaiah 66:15

The Lord will come with fire. He will ride on the wings of a storm to punish those he is angry with.

Isaiah 66:16

By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty—and many will be put to death.

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord Almighty has sworn by his own life that he will bring many men to attack Babylonia like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.

Joel 1:4

Swarm after swarm of locusts settled on the crops; what one swarm left, the next swarm devoured.

Joel 2:25

I will give you back what you lost in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops. It was I who sent this army against you.

Amos 7:1

I had a vision from the Sovereign Lord. In it I saw him create a swarm of locusts just after the king's share of the hay had been cut and the grass was starting to grow again.

Nahum 2:13

“I am your enemy!” says the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots. Your soldiers will be killed in war, and I will take away everything that you took from others. The demands of your envoys will no longer be heard.”

Nahum 3:13

Your soldiers are helpless, and your country stands defenseless before your enemies. Fire will destroy the bars across your gates.

Zephaniah 2:13

The Lord will use his power to destroy Assyria. He will make the city of Nineveh a deserted ruin, a waterless desert.