Nahum 3:10

New Century Version

But Thebes was captured and went into captivity. Her small children were beaten to death at every street corner. Lots were thrown for her important men, and all of her leaders were put in chains.

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, master?” Elisha answered, “Because I know what evil you will do to the Israelites. You will burn their strong, walled cities with fire and kill their young men with swords. You will throw their babies to the ground and split open their pregnant women.”

Job 6:27

You would even gamble for orphans and would trade away your friend.

Psalm 137:8

People of Babylon, you will be destroyed. The people who pay you back for what you did to us will be happy.

Psalm 137:9

They will grab your babies and throw them against the rocks.

Psalm 149:8

They will put those kings in chains and those important men in iron bands.

Isaiah 13:16

Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.

Isaiah 13:6

Cry, because the Lord’s day of judging is near; the Almighty is sending destruction.

Isaiah 19:4

The Lord God All-Powerful says, “I will hand Egypt over to a hard master, and a powerful king will rule over them.”

Isaiah 20:4

The king of Assyria will carry away prisoners from Egypt and Cush. Old people and young people will be led away naked and barefoot, with their buttocks bare. So the Egyptians will be shamed.

Lamentations 2:19

Get up, cry out in the night, even as the night begins. Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord. Lift up your hands in prayer to him for the life of your children who are fainting with hunger on every street corner.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner.

Ezekiel 29:7

When their hands grabbed you, you splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and made all their backs twist.

Hosea 13:16

The nation of Israel will be ruined, because it fought against God. The people of Israel will die in war; their children will be torn to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Joel 3:3

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

Amos 1:13

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Ammon, I will punish them. They ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead so they could take over that land and make their own country larger.

Obadiah 1:11

You stood aside without helping while strangers carried Israel’s treasures away. When foreigners entered Israel’s city gate and threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would take, you were like one of them.