1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Nahum 3

The miserable ruin of Nineveh.

 3:1 Woe 1945 to the bloody 1818 city 5892b, completely 3605 full 4392 of lies 3585 [and] pillage 6563; [Her] prey 2964 never 3808 departs 4185.

 3:2 The noise 6963 of the whip 7752, The noise 6963 of the rattling 7494 of the wheel 212, Galloping 1725 horses 5483b And bounding 7540 chariots 4818!

 3:3 Horsemen 6571b charging 5927, Swords 2719 flashing 3851, spears 2595 gleaming 1300, Many 7230 slain 2491a, a mass 3514 of corpses 6297, And countless 369 7097b dead 1472a bodies 1472a— They stumble 3782 over the dead 1472a bodies 1472a!

 3:4 [All] because 4480 of the many 7230 harlotries 2183 of the harlot 2181, The charming 2580 2896a one 2896a, the mistress 1172 of sorceries 3785, Who sells 4376 nations 1471 by her harlotries 2183 And families 4940 by her sorceries 3785.

 3:5 “Behold 2009, I am against 413 you,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; “And I will lift 1540 up your skirts 7757 over 5921 your face 6440, And show 7200 to the nations 1471 your nakedness 4626 And to the kingdoms 4467 your disgrace 7036.

 3:6 “I will throw 7993 filth 8251 on you And make 5034a you vile 5034a, And set 7760 you up as a spectacle 7210.

 3:7 “And it will come 1961 about that all 3605 who see 7200 you Will shrink 5074 from you and say 559, ‘Nineveh 5210 is devastated 7703! Who 4310 will grieve 5110 for her?’ Where 370 will I seek 1245 comforters 5162 for you?”

 3:8 ¶ Are you better 3190 than 4480 No-amon 4996 528, Which was situated 3427 by the waters 4325 of the Nile 2975, With water 4325 surrounding 5439 her, Whose 834 rampart 2426 [was] the sea 3220, Whose wall 2346 [consisted] of the sea 3220?

 3:9 Ethiopia 3568a was [her] might 6109, And Egypt 4714 too, without 369 limits 7097b. Put 6316 and Lubim 3864 were among her helpers 5833.

 3:10 Yet 1571 she became an exile 1473, She went 1980 into captivity 7628b; Also 1571 her small children 5768 were dashed 7376 to pieces 7376 At the head 7218 of every 3605 street 2351; They cast 3032 lots 1486 for her honorable 3513 men, And all 3605 her great 1419 men 1419 were bound 7576 with fetters 2203b.

 3:11 You too 1571 will become 7937 drunk 7937, You will be hidden 5956. You too 1571 will search 1245 for a refuge 4581 from the enemy 340.

 3:12 All 3605 your fortifications 4013 are fig 8384 trees 8384 with ripe 1061 fruit 1061— When 518 shaken 5128, they fall 5307 into the eater’s 398 mouth 6310.

 3:13 Behold 2009, your people 5971a are women 802 in your midst 7130! The gates 8179 of your land 776 are opened 6605a wide 6605a to your enemies 340; Fire 784 consumes 398 your gate bars 1280.

 3:14 Draw 7579 for yourself water 4325 for the siege 4692! Strengthen 2388 your fortifications 4013! Go 935 into the clay 2916 and tread 7429 the mortar 2563a! Take 2388 hold 2388 of the brick 4404 mold 4404!

 3:15 There 8033 fire 784 will consume 398 you, The sword 2719 will cut 3772 you down 3772; It will consume 398 you as the locust 3218 [does]. Multiply 3513 yourself like the creeping 3218 locust 3218, Multiply 3513 yourself like the swarming 697 locust 697.

 3:16 You have increased 7235a your traders 7402 more 4480 than 4480 the stars 3556 of heaven 8064— The creeping 3218 locust 3218 strips 6584 and flies 5774a away 5774a.

 3:17 Your guardsmen 4502 are like the swarming 697 locust 697. Your marshals 2951 are like hordes 1462 of grasshoppers 1462 Settling 2583 in the stone walls 1448 on a cold 7135 day 3117. The sun 8121 rises 2224 and they flee 5074, And the place 4725 where 335 they are is not known 3045.

 3:18 Your shepherds 7462a are sleeping 5123, O king 4428 of Assyria 804b; Your nobles 117 are lying 7931 down 7931. Your people 5971a are scattered 6335b on the mountains 2022 And there 369 is no 369 one 369 to regather 6908 [them].

 3:19 There 369 is no 369 relief 3545 for your breakdown 7667, Your wound 4347 is incurable 2470a. All 3605 who hear 8085 about 8088 you Will clap 8628 [their] hands 3709 over 5921 you, For on whom 4310 has not your evil 7463a passed 5674a continually 8548?