Nahum 3:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery; the prey does not depart;

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  • Ezek 24:6-9 : 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust; 8 That it might cause fury to come up and take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pyre large.
  • Nah 2:12 : 12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.
  • Hab 2:12 : 12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
  • Zeph 3:1-3 : 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
  • Ezek 22:2-3 : 2 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations. 3 Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself.
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 And behold, at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of those who spoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
  • Isa 24:9 : 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
  • Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave Jacob for a plunder, 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.

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    2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of galloping horses, and of bounding chariots.

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  • Zeph 3:1
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    1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

  • Ezek 24:6-7
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    6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

    7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust;

  • Isa 1:21
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    21How the faithful city has become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    10Day and night they go about it upon its walls; mischief and sorrow are in the midst of it.

    11Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile do not depart from its streets.

  • Hab 2:12
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    12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

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    9Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pyre large.

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    15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.

  • Isa 22:1-2
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    1The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?

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    12For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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    29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell in it.

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    23Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.

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    27Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

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    8Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

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    10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • Jer 6:6-7
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    6For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited; she is full of oppression in her midst.

    7As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness; violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

  • Ezek 11:6
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    6You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.

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    1Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.

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    1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations.

    3Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself.

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    3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.

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    13For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst,

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    10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

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    15'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

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    8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory.

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