NET Bible
"Reason for Judgment: Sins of Nineveh Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!"
— Nahum 3:1, NET Bible
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. ”
“Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.”
“Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.”
“A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.”
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
Reason for Judgment: Sins of Nineveh Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!
The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.
Taunt against the Harlot City“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute– a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery–