Nahum 3:1

New Century Version

How terrible it will be for the city that has killed so many. It is full of lies and goods stolen from other countries. It is always killing somebody.

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in force. Stealing is of no use. Even if you gain more riches, don’t put your trust in them.

Isaiah 17:14

At night the people will be very frightened. Before morning, no one will be left. So our enemies will come to our land, but they will become nothing.

Isaiah 24:9

People will no longer sing while they drink their wine. The beer will taste bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 42:24

Who let the people of Jacob be carried off? Who let robbers take Israel away? The Lord allowed this to happen, because we sinned against him. We did not live the way he wanted us to live and did not obey his teaching.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.

Nahum 2:12

The lion killed enough for his cubs, enough for his mate. He filled his cave with the animals he caught; he filled his den with meat he had killed.

Nahum 2:13

“I am against you, Nineveh,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will kill your young lions. I will stop you from hunting down others on the earth, and your messengers’ voices will no longer be heard.”

Habakkuk 2:12

“How terrible it will be for the nation that kills people to build a city, that wrongs others to start a town.