Nahum 3:1
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 lyes and robberie, the pray departeth not.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. Citie of bloods.
- *Cross-referenceEze.24.9. hab.2.10.
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- Habakkuk 2:12Rank 1 from verse 1
- Zephaniah 3:1–3Rank 2 from verse 1
1WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
1¶ Woe to her that is ‖filthie and polluted, to the oppressing citie.
2She obeyed not the voice: she receiued not ‖correction: she trusted not in the LORD: she drew not neere to her God.
3Her princes within her are roaring *lyons; her Iudges are euening wolues, they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- Ezekiel 22:2–3Rank 3 from verse 1
2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
3Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
2*‖††Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge the bloodie citie? yea thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
3Then say thou, Thus saith the LORD God; The citie sheadeth blood in the middest of it, that her time may come, and maketh idoles against herselfe to defile herselfe.
- Ezekiel 24:6–9Rank 4 from verse 1
6¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
6¶ Wherefore thus sayth the LORD God, Woe to the bloodie citie, to the pot whose scumme is therein, and whose scumme is not gone out of it; bring it out piece by piece, let no lot fall vpon it.
7For her blood is in the middest of her: she set it vpon the toppe of a rocke, she powred it vpon the ground to couer it with dust:
8That it might cause furie to come vp to take vengeance: I haue set her blood vpon the top of a rocke, that it should not be couered.
9*Therefore thus saith the LORD God; Woe to the bloody citie, I will euen make the pile for fire, great.
- Nahum 2:12Rank 6 from verse 1
- Isaiah 17:14Rank 7 from verse 1
- Isaiah 42:24Rank 8 from verse 1
24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
24Who gaue Iacob for a spoile, and Israel to the robbers? Did not the LORD, hee, against whom wee haue sinned? For they would not walke in his wayes, neither were they obedient vnto his Law.
- Isaiah 24:9Rank 9 from verse 1
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Nahum 3:1
Marked by or connected with blood; murderous, bloodguilty, or given to bloodshed; or involving a discharge of blood.
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Sense 1: False statements or deceptions. Sense 2: As a verb, reclines, remains, is situated, or speaks falsely.
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A plundering; a pillaging; a taking away by violence, wrong or oppression.
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1. A person, animal, possession, or spoil seized or pursued to be taken, plundered, or devoured. 2. To seize, plunder, or take by force.
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Leaves, goes away, or turns aside.
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1WOE to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
1¶ †*Woe to the bloody City, it is all full of lyes and robberie, the pray departeth not.
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