Nahum 3:1 “Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without…”

Nahum 3:1

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

World English Bible

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.

American Standard Version

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

Geneva Bible 1599

O bloody citie, it is all full of lyes, and robberie: the pray departeth not:

Darby Translation

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies — burglary — full, Prey doth not depart.

Bible in Basic English

A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.

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Cross references

“to”

Habakkuk 2:12 Zephaniah 3:1–3 Ezekiel 24:6–9 Isaiah 24:9 Ezekiel 22:2 Ezekiel 22:3

Habakkuk 2:12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Zephaniah 3:1–3 · BSB

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

Ezekiel 24:6–9 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Isaiah 24:9 · BSB

They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

Ezekiel 22:2 · BSB

“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

Ezekiel 22:3 · BSB

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

“full”

Hosea 4:2 Nahum 2:12 Isaiah 17:14 Isaiah 42:24

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Nahum 2:12 · BSB

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Isaiah 17:14 · BSB

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 42:24 · BSB

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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