NET Bible
"I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle."
— Nahum 3:6, NET Bible
“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock. ”
“I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.”
“And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.”
“I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.”
“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
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–
I am against you,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms;
I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.
Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say,‘Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!”
Nineveh Will Suffer the Same Fate as Thebes You are no more secure than Thebes– she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall.
Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies.