Nahum 3:10
Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Yet was she carried away,{H1473} she went{H1980} into captivity;{H7628} her young children{H5768} also were dashed in pieces{H7376} at the head{H7218} of all the streets;{H2351} and they cast{H3032} lots{H1486} for her honorable men,{H3513} and all her great men{H1419} were bound{H7576} in chains.{H2131}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Yet was she carried away{H1473}, she went{H1980}{(H8804)} into captivity{H7628}: her young children{H5768} also were dashed in pieces{H7376}{(H8792)} at the top{H7218} of all the streets{H2351}: and they cast{H3032}{(H8804)} lots{H1486} for her honourable men{H3513}{(H8737)}, and all her great men{H1419} were bound{H7576}{(H8795)} in chains{H2131}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
yet was she dryuen awaye, & brought in to captiuyte: hir yonge children were smytten downe at the heade of euery strete, the lottes were cast for the most awncient men in her, and all hir mightie men were bounde in chaynes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Yet was she caried awaye, and went into captiuitie: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streetes: and they cast lottes for her noble men, and al her myghtie men were bound in chaines.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Notwithstanding she passed away, she went into captiuitie, her children also were dashed in peeces in the top of all the streetes: for her horrible men they cast lottes, and all her great states they chayned in fetters.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.
American Standard Version (1901)
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
American Standard Version (1901)
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.
World English Bible (2000)
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 20:4 : 4 'so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush—young and old—naked and barefoot, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame to Egypt.'
- Joel 3:3 : 3 They cast lots for my people; they traded a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, which they drank.
- Obad 1:11 : 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
- Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
- Lam 2:19 : 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the start of the night watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.
- Lam 4:1 : 1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
- Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.'
- 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Hazael asked, "Why is my lord weeping?" Elisha answered, "Because I know the harm you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, you will dash their little ones to pieces, and you will rip open their pregnant women."
- Ps 33:16-17 : 16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a false hope for victory, and its great strength does not provide escape.
- Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
- Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
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8 She did not abandon the adulteries she began in Egypt, where men slept with her in her youth, fondling her virgin breasts and pouring out their lust upon her.
9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after.
10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her.
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5 Her adversaries have become her masters; her enemies prosper because the LORD has afflicted her for her many sins. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
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16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
- Isa 3:25-262 verses78%
25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
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11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding. You too will seek refuge from the enemy.
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14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.
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9 Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no limit; Put and Libya were among her allies.
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3 They cast lots for my people; they traded a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, which they drank.
- Lam 1:1-33 verses75%
1 How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave.
2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
3 Judah has gone into exile, suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations but finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.
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18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.
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15 Raise a shout against her on every side! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen, her walls are torn down. This is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.
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30 Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will perish on that day, declares the LORD.
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20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is drawn; drag her down along with all her multitudes.
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9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
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10 The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Isa 51:18-203 verses74%
18 There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, and no one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised.
19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?
20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like antelopes caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.
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39 I will deliver you into their hands, and they will tear down your mounds and demolish your high places. They will strip you of your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
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21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
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9 You drive the women of my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my splendor from their children forever.
- Lam 2:11-122 verses73%
11 My eyes are worn out from weeping, my inner being is in turmoil; my heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people, as children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
12 They cry out to their mothers, 'Where is the bread and the wine?' as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, and as they breathe their last in their mothers’ arms.
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9 The mother of seven has grown weak and faint; she has breathed her last. Her sun has set while it was still day; she has been disgraced and humiliated. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword in the presence of their enemies,' declares the LORD.
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10 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the abundance of all treasures.
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21 Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.
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12 'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'
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26 Come against her from the farthest borders; open her granaries. Heap her up like piles of grain and destroy her completely. Let nothing be left of her.
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9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.
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12 My people! Children oppress you, and women rule over you. Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.
- Lam 1:8-103 verses72%
8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
9 Her uncleanness clings to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. "Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed."
10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
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10 Writhe in pain and groan, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city and camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
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4 The slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those pierced by the sword in her streets.
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3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.
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4 I will make boys their leaders, and immature children will rule over them.
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17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities will go into captivity.
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17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.
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17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to her bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. After she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.
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3 All your rulers have fled together; they were captured without a bow. All who were found were bound together, though they had fled far away.
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12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast to the ground. The east wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and dried up, consumed by fire.
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4 Plead with your mother, plead! For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove her adulteries from before her face and her unfaithfulness from between her breasts.