Nahum 3:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Woe, city of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of plunder— no end to the prey!

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Isaiah 17:14

At evening time, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who despoil us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 24:9

No longer do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, against whom they sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?

Hosea 4:2

Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Nahum 2:12

The lion has torn enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he has filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

Nahum 2:13

See, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.

Habakkuk 2:12

“Alas for you who build a town by bloodshed and found a city on iniquity!”