Nahum 3 - Study the King James Bible

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

to: Isaiah 24:9, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 22:3, Ezekiel 24:6-9, Habakkuk 2:12, Zephaniah 3:1-3
bloody city: Heb. city of bloods
full: Nahum 2:12, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 42:24, Hosea 4:2
Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:14 - And my Ezekiel 24:9 - Woe Ezekiel 31:3 - the Assyrian Ezekiel 32:22 - Asshur Micah 5:6 - they Nahum 2:11 - the dwelling Nahum 2:13 - I will cut

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

noise: Nahum 2:3, Nahum 2:4, Judges 5:22, Job 39:22-25, Isaiah 9:5, Jeremiah 47:3
Reciprocal: Isaiah 5:28 - their horses' Jeremiah 8:16 - at the Ezekiel 23:24 - with chariots Ezekiel 26:7 - with horses Joel 2:5 - the noise

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

bright sword and the glittering spear: Heb. flame of the sword, and lightning of the spear, Nahum 2:4, Genesis 3:24, Habakkuk 3:11
and there: Isaiah 37:36, Ezekiel 31:3-13, Ezekiel 39:4
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 47:3 - the noise Ezekiel 21:10 - it is furbished Ezekiel 23:24 - with chariots Ezekiel 26:7 - with horses Joel 2:5 - the noise Amos 8:3 - many Nahum 2:5 - they shall stumble

Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

the mistress: Isaiah 23:15-17, Isaiah 47:9, Isaiah 47:12, Isaiah 47:13, Revelation 17:1-5, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:23
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:22 - the whoredoms Proverbs 11:22 - a jewel Isaiah 23:17 - shall commit Ezekiel 16:35 - O harlot Amos 3:2 - all Nahum 1:14 - I will make

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

I am: See note on Nahum 2:13, and see note on Ezekiel 23:25.
I will discover: Isaiah 47:2, Isaiah 47:3, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 13:26, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 23:29, Micah 1:11, Habakkuk 2:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:17 - discover Jeremiah 50:31 - I am Ezekiel 13:8 - behold Ezekiel 21:3 - Behold Ezekiel 28:22 - I am against Ezekiel 35:3 - I am Ezekiel 39:1 - Behold Revelation 3:18 - the shame Revelation 17:1 - the great

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

I will cast: Job 9:31, Job 30:19, Psalms 38:5-7, Lamentations 3:16, Malachi 2:2, 1 Corinthians 4:13
make: Nahum 1:14, Job 30:8, Malachi 2:9
will set: 1 Kings 9:7, 1 Kings 9:8, Isaiah 14:16-19, Jeremiah 51:37, Zephaniah 2:15, 1 Corinthians 4:9, Hebrews 10:33, Jude 1:7
Reciprocal: Isaiah 47:2 - make bare Ezekiel 13:8 - behold Ezekiel 16:37 - General Malachi 2:3 - spread Luke 15:15 - to feed

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

that all: Numbers 16:34, Jeremiah 51:9, Revelation 18:10
Nineveh: Nahum 2:9, Nahum 2:10, Jeremiah 51:41-43, Revelation 18:16-19
who: Isaiah 51:19, Jeremiah 15:5, Lamentations 2:13
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:11 - Nineveh Psalms 64:8 - all that Jeremiah 50:36 - her mighty Zephaniah 2:13 - will make

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

thou: Ezekiel 31:2, Ezekiel 31:3, Amos 6:2
populous No: or, nourishing No, Heb. No-amon, Jeremiah 46:25, Jeremiah 46:26, Ezekiel 30:14-16
that had: Isaiah 19:5-10
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:4 - better Jeremiah 25:19 - Pharaoh Jeremiah 46:12 - heard Ezekiel 29:15 - rule Ezekiel 30:5 - Ethiopia Zechariah 11:2 - Howl

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Ethiopia: Isaiah 20:5, Jeremiah 46:9
Put: Genesis 10:6, 1 Chronicles 1:8, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 38:5
thy helpers: Heb. in thy help
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:3 - Lubims Jeremiah 46:25 - and their Ezekiel 29:15 - rule Ezekiel 30:6 - They also

10.

Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

she carried: Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Isaiah 20:4
her young: 2 Kings 8:12, Psalms 137:8, Isaiah 13:6, Hosea 13:16, Amos 1:13
at: Lamentations 2:19, Lamentations 4:1
cast: Joel 3:3, Obadiah 1:11
Reciprocal: Isaiah 13:16 - children Isaiah 13:18 - shall dash Ezekiel 7:23 - a chain Ezekiel 24:6 - let no Hosea 10:14 - the mother

11.

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

Thou also: Diodorus relates, that while the Assyrian army were feasting for their former victories, those about Arbaces being informed of their negligence and drunkenness, fell upon them unexpectedly, slew many, and drove the rest into the city.
shalt be drunken: Nahum 1:10, Psalms 75:8, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 63:6, Jeremiah 25:15-27, Jeremiah 51:57
thou shalt be hid: 1 Samuel 13:6, 1 Samuel 14:11, Isaiah 2:10, Isaiah 2:19, Hosea 10:8, Amos 9:3, Micah 7:17, Luke 23:30, Revelation 6:15-17
thou also: Nahum 2:1, Jeremiah 4:5, Jeremiah 8:14
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:16 - General Jeremiah 48:26 - ye him Jeremiah 51:39 - their heat

12.

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Habakkuk 1:10, Revelation 6:13
Reciprocal: Isaiah 25:2 - For Isaiah 28:4 - the hasty Isaiah 30:25 - when Hosea 10:14 - and all Nahum 2:13 - I will cut

13.

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

thy people: Isaiah 19:16, Jeremiah 50:37, Jeremiah 51:30
the gates: Nahum 2:6, Psalms 107:16, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:2
thy bars: Psalms 147:13, Jeremiah 51:30
Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:12 - children Jeremiah 50:36 - her mighty Amos 1:5 - break Obadiah 1:9 - thy Nahum 3:15 - shall the

14.

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

Draw: 2 Chronicles 32:3, 2 Chronicles 32:4, 2 Chronicles 32:11, Isaiah 22:9-11, Isaiah 37:25
fortify: Nahum 2:1, Isaiah 8:9, Jeremiah 46:3, Jeremiah 46:4, Jeremiah 46:9, Joel 3:9-11
Reciprocal: Genesis 11:3 - brick Exodus 1:14 - in mortar Jeremiah 43:9 - in the brickkiln Jeremiah 51:12 - the standard

15.

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

shall the: Nahum 3:13, Nahum 2:13, Zephaniah 2:13
it: Joel 1:4, Joel 2:25
make thyself many as the locusts: Exodus 10:13-15
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 51:12 - the standard Jeremiah 51:14 - as with Jeremiah 51:27 - cause Amos 7:1 - he 2 Timothy 2:17 - their word Revelation 9:3 - locusts

16.

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

above: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Nehemiah 9:23, Jeremiah 33:22
spoileth: or, spreadeth himself
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 30:21 - it shall not

17.

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Revelation 9:7
Reciprocal: Psalms 104:22 - General Jeremiah 50:36 - her mighty Ezekiel 31:12 - gone Nahum 2:8 - Stand Revelation 9:3 - locusts

18.

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Thy shepherds: That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted; each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river became its enemy. Nahum 2:6, Exodus 15:16, Psalms 76:5, Psalms 76:6, Isaiah 56:9, Isaiah 56:10, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
O King: Jeremiah 50:18, Ezekiel 31:3-18, Ezekiel 32:22, Ezekiel 32:23
nobles: or, valiant ones, Isaiah 47:1, Revelation 6:15
thy people: 1 Kings 22:17, Isaiah 13:14
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:3 - shepherds Jeremiah 50:36 - her mighty Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven Ezekiel 31:12 - gone Zephaniah 2:13 - will make

19.

There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

no: Jeremiah 30:13-15, Jeremiah 46:11, Ezekiel 30:21, Ezekiel 30:22, Micah 1:9, Zephaniah 2:13-15
healing: Heb. wrinkling
the bruit: Jeremiah 10:22
shall: Job 27:23, Isaiah 14:8-21, Lamentations 2:15, Ezekiel 25:6, Revelation 18:20
upon: Nahum 2:11, Nahum 2:12, Isaiah 10:6-14, Isaiah 37:18, Revelation 13:7, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:3
Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:6 - bruises Isaiah 27:7 - he smitten Jeremiah 28:8 - prophesied Jeremiah 50:18 - as I Jeremiah 51:8 - take balm Jonah 1:2 - Nineveh Micah 7:10 - she that Zephaniah 2:15 - every Zephaniah 3:6 - cut Revelation 14:8 - because