Nahum 3:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

but Thebes was defeated. Her people were taken away as prisoners to a foreign country. Soldiers beat her small children to death at every street corner. They threw lots to see who got to keep the important people as slaves. They put chains on all the important men of Thebes.

Cross References

Isaiah 20:4

The king of Assyria will defeat Egypt and Ethiopia. Assyria will take prisoners and lead them away from their countries. The people, young and old, will be led away without clothes or sandals. They will be completely naked.

Obadiah 1:11

You joined the enemies of Israel. Strangers carried Israel’s treasures away. Foreigners entered Israel’s city gate. They threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would get. And you were right there with them, waiting to get your share.

Joel 3:3

They threw lots for my people. They sold boys to buy a prostitute, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria must be punished because she turned against her God. The Israelites will be killed with swords. Their children will be torn to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Lamentations 2:19

Get up throughout the night and cry for help. Let your sorrow pour out before the Lord like water. Lift up your hands in prayer to him. Ask him to let your children live. They are starving to death on every street corner.

Isaiah 13:16

Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped, and their little children will be beaten to death while they watch.

Amos 1:13

This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the Ammonites for the many crimes they did. They killed the pregnant women in Gilead. The Ammonites did this so that they could take that land and make their country larger.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has grown dark, how the pure gold has changed. There are jewels scattered all around at every street corner.

Isaiah 13:6

The Lord’s special day is near. So cry and be sad for yourselves. A time is coming when the enemy will steal your wealth. God All-Powerful will make that happen.

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you will be destroyed! Bless the one who pays you back for what you did to us.

2 Kings 8:12

Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha answered, “I am crying because I know the bad things you will do to the Israelites. You will burn their strong cities and kill their young men with swords. You will kill their babies and split open their pregnant women.”

Job 6:27

Are you the kind of people who would gamble for orphans and sell out your own friends?

Psalm 137:9

Bless the one who grabs your babies and smashes them against a rock.

Psalm 149:8

They will put their kings in chains and their leaders in chains of iron.

Isaiah 19:4

The Lord GOD All-Powerful says, “I will give Egypt to a hard master. A powerful king will rule over the people.”

Ezekiel 29:7

The people of Israel leaned on Egypt for support, but Egypt only pierced their hands and shoulder. They leaned on you for support, but you broke and twisted their back.’”