Nahum 3:1

The Scriptures 2009

Woe to the city of blood! All of it is a lie, filled with plunder, the prey is not lacking.

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. And do not become vain in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Isaiah 17:14

At eventide, look! Alarm! Before morning, it is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

Isaiah 24:9

No more do they drink wine with a song, strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Ya‛aqoḇ for plunder, and Yisra’ĕl to the robbers? Was it not יהוה, He against whom we sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, and they did not obey His Torah!

Hosea 4:2

“Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Nahum 2:12

The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

Nahum 2:13

“See, I am against you,” declares יהוה of hosts, “and I shall burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword devour your young lions. And I shall cut off your prey from the earth, and no longer is the voice of your messengers heard.”

Habakkuk 2:12

“Woe to him who builds a town by blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness!