Nahum 3:1-3

Woe to Nineveh

1 Woe to p the bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder -
q no end to the prey!
2 The crack of the whip, and r rumble of the wheel,
s galloping horse and t bounding chariot!
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and u glittering spear,
v hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end -
they stumble over the bodies!

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:9
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
    Habakkuk 2:12
    Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity!
  2. Cross References
    Nahum 2:12
    The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
  3. Cross References
    Nahum 2:4
    The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning.
  4. Cross References
    Judges 5:22
    Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
  5. Cross References
    Joel 2:5
    As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle.
  6. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:11
    The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:35
    And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
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