Nahum 3:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.”
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“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, She is all with lies--burglary--full, Prey doth not depart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nahum 3:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- Isaiah 24:9They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
- Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- Ezekiel 24:9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
- Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Nahum 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- Nahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
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